Optimal project sequencing with recourse at a scarce resource

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-444

  Kavadias, Stylianos ^a,b,c   Loch, Christoph H ^b,d,e,f,g  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSEAD ^*

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Portfolio selection; Product development; Project prioritization; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644271863     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2003.tb00213.x     Document Type: Article

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