Resource-constrained construction project scheduling model for profit maximization considering cash flow

Automation in Construction

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 966-974

  Liu, Shu Shun ^a   Wang, Chang Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cash flow; Constraint programming; Profit maximization; Resource constrained project scheduling

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; CONTRACTS; EARNINGS; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT (CMS); CASH FLOWS; CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING (CP); CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; COST CONTROLS; ELSEVIER (CO); MODEL VALIDATIONS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OUT FLOWS; PROFIT MAXIMIZATION; PROJECT SCHEDULING; RESOURCE CONSTRAINED PROJECT SCHEDULING; RESOURCE USAGE; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED;

SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 45849109552     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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