On-line control model for cost-simulation network projects

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 266-283

  Golenko Ginzburg, Dimitri ^a   Gonik, Aharon ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LUDAN Engineering Co Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activity network; Budget reassignment; Chance constraint; Online control; Stochastic project

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERT; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ACTIVITY NETWORK; BUDGET REASSIGNMENT; CHANCE CONSTRAINT; ONLINE CONTROL;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030084906     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.24     Document Type: Article

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