Heuristic scheduling of capital constrained projects

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-254

  Smith Daniels, Dwight E ^a   Padman, Rema ^b   Smith Daniels, Vicki L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CAPITAL CONSTRAINED PROJECTS; CAPITAL UTILIZATION; HEURISTIC SCHEDULING; NET PRESENT VALUE; PROGRESS PAYMENTS; PROJECT NETWORK STRUCTURE;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0030231685     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0272-6963(96)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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