Proactive heuristic procedures for robust project scheduling: An experimental analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 723-733

  Van de Vonder, Stijn ^a   Demeulemeester, Erik ^a   Herroelen, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buffers; Project scheduling; Stability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ROBUST CONTROL; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROACTIVE SCHEDULES; TIME BUFFERS;

HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 40849142093     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.10.061     Document Type: Article

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