Critical clouds and critical sets in resource-constrained projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 489-497

  Rivera, Francisco A ^a   Duran, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical chain; Critical cloud; Critical path; Critical sequence; Critical set; Critical tasks; Criticality in resource constrained projects

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; CONSTRAINT THEORY;

CRITICAL CLOUDS; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED PROJECTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2442545204     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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