Finance-based CPM/LOB scheduling of projects with repetitive non-serial activities

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 839-856

  Ali, Mohammed Mubashir ^a   Elazouni, Ashraf ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cash flow management; Genetic algorithms; Line of balance; Repetitive construction; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT; CASH FLOW MODELS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING MODEL; FEASIBLE SCHEDULE; FINANCIAL PLANNING; INTEGRATED MODELS; LINE OF BALANCE; LINE OF BALANCES; REPETITIVE CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROFITABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FINANCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350637537     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190903191764     Document Type: Article

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