Paper:
An Approach to Collaborative Scheduling Through Group Decision Support
Ana Almeida, and Goreti Marreiros
Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Group, Institute of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Rua Dr. Antonio Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
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