Resource allocation under uncertainty in a multi-project matrix environment: Is organizational conflict inevitable?

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 773-788

  Laslo, Zohar ^a   Goldberg, Albert I ^b  

^a SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Decision under risk and uncertainty; Design of experiments; Multi objective optimization; Organization design; Project and R D management; Project scheduling; Resource allocation systems; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

CONFLICT RESOLUTION; DECISION UNDER RISK AND UNCERTAINTY; ORGANIZATION DESIGN; PROJECT SCHEDULING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEMS; SIMULATION;

MANAGERS;

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 54849424326     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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