On-line control model for network construction projects

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Golenko Ginzburg, D ^a   Gonik, A ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LUDAN Engineering Co Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activity network; Chance constraint; Construction project; Inspection point; On line control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; INSPECTION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PERT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CHANCE CONSTRAINT; INSPECTION POINT; NETWORK CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; ON LINE CONTROL MODEL; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0031070492     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600353     Document Type: Article

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