A study on optimal scheduling for software projects

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-91

  Padberg, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optimal schedules; Process simulation; Project scheduling; Rework modeling; Stochastic process models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FEEDBACK; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

OPTIMAL SCHEDULES; PROCESS SIMULATION; PROJECT SCHEDULING; REWORK MODELING; STOCHASTIC PROCESS MODELS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646026668     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.254     Document Type: Article

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