Evaluation of the resource-constrained critical path method algorithms

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 522-532

  Kim, Kyunghwan ^a   De La Garza, Jesús M ^b,c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Critical path method; Resource allocation; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DELAY IMPACT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE CONSTRAINED SCHEDULING (RCS); RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED CRITICAL PATH METHOD (RCPM);

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS;

EID: 18744368219     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:5(522)     Document Type: Review

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