Equality in cumulative voting: A systematic review with an improvement proposal

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-287

  Rinkevics K ^a   Torkar, R ^a,b  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compositional data; Cumulative voting; Log ratio; Prioritization; Requirements engineering

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; CHANGE IMPACT ANALYSIS; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; CUMULATIVE VOTING; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; FINE-GRAINED ANALYSIS; LOG-RATIO; PRIORITIZATION; RATIO SCALE; RELEASE PLANNING; REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION; RESULT ANALYSIS; SIMPLE METHOD; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; STATE OF THE PRACTICE; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84869885856     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2012.08.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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