Fuzzy critical path for project network

International Journal of Information and Management Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 29-40

  Liang, Gin Shuh ^a   Han, Tzeu Chen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PENGHU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy Critical Path Analysis; Fuzzy Set Theory; Project Network; Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

FUZZY CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; FUZZY SET THEORY; PROJECT NETWORK; TRAPEZOIDAL FUZZY NUMBERS;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 10044253457     PISSN: 10171819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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