Understanding simulation solutions to resource constrained project scheduling problems with stochastic task durations

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 5-13

  Fernandez, Abel A ^a   Armacost, Robert L ^b   Pet Edwards, Julia J ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ALTERNATIVE SIMULATION ALGORITHM; MULTI PERIOD STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; PROJECT SCHEDULING SOFTWARE; RESOURCE CONTRAINTED PROJECT SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC TASK DURATIONS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0032273138     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.1998.11415002     Document Type: Article

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