A new and efficient heuristic for scheduling projects with resource restrictions and multiple execution modes

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-361

  Boctor, Fayez F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Project scheduling; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

HEURISTICS; PROJECT SCHEDULING; RESOURCE RESTRICTIONS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0030124780     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00359-2     Document Type: Article

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