A heuristic method for RCPSP with fuzzy activity times

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Bhaskar, Tarun ^a   Pal, Manabendra N ^b   Pal, Asim K ^b  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Critical path; Fuzzy number; Project scheduling; Time

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PATH LENGTHS; CRITICAL PATHS; DISTANCE-BASED; FUZZY ACTIVITY; FUZZY NUMBERS; PARALLEL SCHEDULES; PRIORITY RULES; PROJECT SCHEDULING; RANKING OF FUZZY NUMBERS; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED PROJECT SCHEDULING PROBLEM; TIME;

FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; SCHEDULING;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 78649450738     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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