The stochastic time-cost tradeoff problem: A robust optimization approach

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Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-188

  Cohen, Izack ^a   Golany, Boaz ^a   Shtub, Avraham ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Linear programming; Project management; Robust optimization; Time cost tradeoff

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC TIME COST TRADEOFF SETTINGS; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 34250637152     PISSN: 00283045     EISSN: 10970037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/net.20153     Document Type: Article

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