COTS selection using fuzzy interactive approach

Optimization Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-289

  Gupta, Pankaj ^a,b   Mehlawat, Mukesh Kumar ^a   Verma, Shilpi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

COTS products; Fuzzy optimization; Interactive approach; Modular software system; Multiple criteria optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF PRODUCTS; FUZZY MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; FUZZY MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; FUZZY OPTIMIZATION; INTERACTIVE APPROACH; MODULAR SOFTWARES; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; MULTIPLE CRITERIA OPTIMIZATION;

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF;

EID: 84856607338     PISSN: 18624472     EISSN: 18624480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11590-010-0243-5     Document Type: Article

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