A multi-objective genetic algorithm for software development team staffing based on personality types

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 381 AICT, Issue PART 1, 2012, Pages 37-47

  Stylianou, Constantinos ^a   Andreou, Andreas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Five Factor Model; Genetic Algorithms; Personality Type Matching; Software Project Management; Team Staffing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

FIVE-FACTOR MODEL; MULTI-OBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM; PERSONALITY TYPES; REAL WORLD PROJECTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TEAM STAFFING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84870809354     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33409-2_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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