An economic-probabilistic model for project selection and prioritization

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1042-1055

  Dutra, Camila Costa ^a,c   Ribeiro, José Luis Duarte ^a,c   De Carvalho, Marly Monteiro ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Cidade Universitária ^*  (Brazil)

^d Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Economic probabilistic model; Project portfolio; Project prioritization; Project selection

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

INHERENT VARIABILITY; INVESTMENT PROJECTS; POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROJECT PORTFOLIO; PROJECT PRIORITIZATION; PROJECT SELECTION; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84901589429     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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