Optimum resource determination for project scheduling

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 462-

  Akpan, Edem O P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Constraining index; Critical path technique; Project scheduling; Resource utilization; Work content

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONSTRAINING INDEX; PROJECT SCHEDULING; RESOURCE UTILIZATION; WORK CONTENT;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 85008862604     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372897235037     Document Type: Article

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