The use of buffers in project management: The trade-off between stability and makespan

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-240

  Van De Vonder, Stijn ^a   Demeulemeester, Erik ^a   Herroelen, Willy ^a   Leus, Roel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buffers; Project scheduling; Quality robustness; Schedule stability

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SCHEDULING;

BUFFERS; PROJECT SCHEDULING; QUALITY ROBUSTNESS; SCHEDULE STABILITY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 19744379632     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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