Heery international's spreadsheet optimization model for assigning managers to construction projects

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Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 95-106

  Leblanc, Larry J ^a   Randels Jr , Dale ^b   Swann, T K ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Heery International Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Applications project management; Integer; Programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040790541     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.30.6.95.11622     Document Type: Article

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