The effectiveness of resource levelling tools for Resource Constraint Project Scheduling Problem

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 493-500

  Kastor, A ^a   Sirakoulis, K ^b  

^a Maliakos Kleidi Construction JV   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Levelling; RCPSPs; Software evaluation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; LEVELLING; NETWORK TECHNIQUES; PERT/CPM; PROJECT DELAYS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE; RCPSPS; RESOURCE CONFLICT; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED PROJECT SCHEDULING PROBLEM; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINT PROJECT SCHEDULING PROBLEMS; SOFTWARE EVALUATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; SCHEDULING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

CONSTRUCTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 67349138638     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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