Evaluation of software development projects by a fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach

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Evaluation of software development projects by a fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach. / Ruan, Da; Büyüközkan, Gulcin; Maes, Dirk (Peer reviewer).

The Proceedings of the 17th IMACs World Congress. Paris, France, 2005. p. 7.

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Ruan, D, Büyüközkan, G & Maes, D 2005, Evaluation of software development projects by a fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach. in The Proceedings of the 17th IMACs World Congress. Paris, France, pp. 7, IMACS 17th IMACs World Congress: Scientific Computation, Applied Math. and Simulation, Paris, France, 2005-07-11.

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Ruan, D., Büyüközkan, G., & Maes, D. (2005). Evaluation of software development projects by a fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach. In The Proceedings of the 17th IMACs World Congress (pp. 7). Paris, France.

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Ruan D, Büyüközkan G, Maes D. Evaluation of software development projects by a fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach. In The Proceedings of the 17th IMACs World Congress. Paris, France. 2005. p. 7

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Ruan, Da ; Büyüközkan, Gulcin ; Maes, Dirk. / Evaluation of software development projects by a fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach. The Proceedings of the 17th IMACs World Congress. Paris, France, 2005. pp. 7

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