Grouping environmental factors influencing individual decision-making behavior in software projects: A cluster analysis

doi:10.1002/smr.1913

	Grouping environmental factors influencing individual decision-making behavior in software projects: A cluster analysis
	Jia, Jingdong 1; Mo, Hanlin 2; Capretz, Luiz Fernando 3; Chen, Zupeng 1
	2018
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE-EVOLUTION AND PROCESS
ISSN	2047-7473
卷号	30 期号:1 页码:15
摘要	An individual's decision-making behavior is heavily influenced by and adapted to external environmental factors. Given that software development is a human-centered activity, individual decision-making behavior may affect the software project quality. Although environmental factors affecting decision-making behavior in software projects have been identified in prior literature, there is not yet an objective and a full taxonomy of these factors. Thus, it is not trivial to manage these complex and diverse factors. To address this deficiency, we first design a semantic similarity algorithm between words by utilizing the synonymy and hypernymy relationships in WordNet. Further, we propose a method to measure semantic similarity between phrases and apply it into k-means clustering algorithm to group these factors. Subsequently, we obtain a taxonomy of the environmental factors affecting individual decision-making behavior in software projects, which includes 11 broad categories, each containing 2 to 5 sub-categories. The taxonomy presented herein is obtained by an objective method, and quite comprehensive, with appropriate references provided. The taxonomy holds significant value for researchers and practitioners; it can help them to better understand the major aspects of environmental factors, also to predict and guide the behavior of individuals during decision making towards a successful completion of software projects.
关键词	cluster analysis decision-making behavior environmental factor semantic similarity WordNet
DOI	10.1002/smr.1913
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Computer Science
WOS类目	Computer Science, Software Engineering
WOS记录号	WOS:000419982100004
出版者	WILEY
引用统计	被引频次：4[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.204/handle/2XEOYT63/6253
专题	中国科学院计算技术研究所期刊论文_英文
通讯作者	Jia, Jingdong
作者单位	1.Beihang Univ, Sch Software, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Comp Technol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Western Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, London, ON, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jia, Jingdong,Mo, Hanlin,Capretz, Luiz Fernando,et al. Grouping environmental factors influencing individual decision-making behavior in software projects: A cluster analysis[J]. JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE-EVOLUTION AND PROCESS,2018,30(1):15.
APA	Jia, Jingdong,Mo, Hanlin,Capretz, Luiz Fernando,&Chen, Zupeng.(2018).Grouping environmental factors influencing individual decision-making behavior in software projects: A cluster analysis.JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE-EVOLUTION AND PROCESS,30(1),15.
MLA	Jia, Jingdong,et al."Grouping environmental factors influencing individual decision-making behavior in software projects: A cluster analysis".JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE-EVOLUTION AND PROCESS 30.1(2018):15.