Scheduling project activities to maximize the net present value the case of linear time-dependent cash flows

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 329-339

  Etgar, R ^a   Shtub, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

NET CASH FLOW (NCF); NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); TIME-DEPENDENT CASH FLOWS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0032761234     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191797     Document Type: Article

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