Resource-constrained critical path analysis based on discrete event simulation and particle swarm optimization

Automation in Construction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 670-681

  Lu, Ming ^a   Lam, Hoi Ching ^a   Dai, Fei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Critical path method; Particle swarm optimization; Resource allocation; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL PATH METHOD; SIMPLIFIED DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION APPROACH (SDESA);

SCHEDULING;

EID: 41749098857     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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