A fuzzy expert system architecture for capability assessments in skill-based environments

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 654-662

  Otero, Luis Daniel ^a   Otero, Carlos E ^b  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capability assessments; Fuzzy expert system; Resource allocation; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS; INDIVIDUAL SKILLS; INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS; SKILL SETS; SOLUTION APPROACH; WORK TASK;

EXPERT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 81855207556     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.07.057     Document Type: Article

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