An AHP-based approach toward enterprise architecture analysis based on enterprise architecture quality attributes

Knowledge and Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 449-472

  Razavi, Mahsa ^a   Aliee, Fereidoon Shams ^b   Badie, Kambiz ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c IRAN TELECOMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical Hierarchy Process; Decision making; Enterprise Architecture; Quality attribute

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION PROCESS; ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE; LARGE AMOUNTS; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79961211157     PISSN: 02191377     EISSN: 02193116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10115-010-0312-1     Document Type: Article

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