Evaluation of precedence criteria for project scheduling under resource constraints /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Chang, Shi Min (Author), Sielken, Robert L. (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Texas A & M Research Foundation, United States. Office of Naval Research (sponsoring body.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	College Station, Texas : Institute of Statistics, Texas A & M University, 1980.
Series:	Technical report (Texas A & M University. Themis Optimization Research Program) ; no. 63.
Subjects:	Resource allocation > Statistical methods. Resource allocation > Mathematical models. Production scheduling > Mathematical models. Project management > Mathematical models. PERT (Network analysis) Network analysis (Planning) Mathematical optimization. Game theory, economics, social and behavioral sciences > Mathematical economics > Resource and cost allocation. Competition for indivisible resources Resource constraints Random activity durations Choosing activity duration distributions Minimum cost schedule Project completion time distribution Specified project deadline

Description
Abstract:	When more than one activity in a project requires the same indivisible resource, the project schedule can resolve this resource constraint by specifying the order in which these activities are to be performed. Several heuristic criteria for determining this order are considered. The minimum cost schedule for a given project deadline can often be found by determining the optimal schedule ignoring the resource constraints and then resolving any resource usage conflicts by ordering the conflicting activities so as to minimize the project completion time. A simple procedure for determining this latter order is given.
Item Description:	"May, 1980." "Research conducted through the Texas A & M Research Foundation."
Physical Description:	38 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 4 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (page 38).