Identifying critical activities in stochastic resource constrained networks

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Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-46

  Bowers, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Project management; Resource management; Risk; Simulation

Indexed keywords

RISKS; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT;

CRITICAL PATH; NETWORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030072215     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0483(95)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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