A biased random-key genetic algorithm with forward-backward improvement for the resource constrained project scheduling problem

Journal of Heuristics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 467-486

  Gonçalves, José Fernando ^a   Resende, Mauricio G C ^b   Mendes, Jorge J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forward backward improvement; Genetic algorithms; Project management; Random keys; Resource constrained project scheduling problem; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SCHEDULES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; FORWARD-BACKWARD IMPROVEMENT; RANDOM KEYS; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED PROJECT SCHEDULING PROBLEM; STANDARD PROBLEMS;

CHROMOSOMES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 80053573347     PISSN: 13811231     EISSN: 15729397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10732-010-9142-2     Document Type: Article

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