A novel prototype tool for intelligent software project scheduling and staffing enhanced with personality factors

Proceedings - International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 277-284

  Stylianou, Constantinos ^a   Gerasimou, Simos ^b   Andreou, Andreas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

genetic algorithms; particle swarm optimization; personality factors; software project staffing and scheduling

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE; PERSONALITY FACTORS; REAL WORLD PROJECTS; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STAFFING STRATEGIES; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SCHEDULING;

PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 84876858428     PISSN: 10823409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTAI.2012.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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