PERT-type projects: Time–cost tradeoffs under uncertainty

SIMULATION

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-293

  Laslo, Zohar ^a   Gurevich, Gregory ^a  

^a SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulations; PERT statistical approach; stochastic time cost tradeoffs; time chance constraint

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES; CHANCE CONSTRAINT; EXTERNAL UNCERTAINTIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PROJECT COMPLETION TIME; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STOCHASTIC PROCEDURE; TIME-COST TRADEOFF;

ACCIDENTS; COMMERCE; COSTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BUDGET CONTROL;

EID: 84876060147     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: 17413133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549711428341     Document Type: Article

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