Cloud readiness assessment framework and recommendation system

IEEE AFRICON Conference

Volumn 2015-November, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Alemeye, Fasil ^a   Getahun, Fekade ^b  

^a HiLCoE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cloud Assessment Framework; Cloud Computing Recommendation System; Cloud Readiness Assessment; Predictive Modelling in Cloud Computing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; J48 DECISION TREE ALGORITHMS; PREDICTIVE MODELLING; READINESS ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84962555662     PISSN: 21530025     EISSN: 21530033     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AFRCON.2015.7331995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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