Herroelen, Willy S.

Robust project scheduling by Erik L Demeulemeester( Book )

1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The majority of publications in the extensive literature on resource-constrained project scheduling focus on a static deterministic setting for which a so-called baseline schedule is computed prior to project execution. In the real world, however, a project may be subject to considerable uncertainty. During the actual execution of a project, the baseline schedule may indeed suffer from disruptive events causing the actually realized activity start times to deviate from the predicted start times that were given in the baseline. This text focuses on robust project scheduling, in particular the development of effective and efficient proactive and reactive scheduling procedures. Proactive scheduling aims at generating robust baseline schedules that carry sufficient protection against possible schedule disruptions that may occur during project execution. Reactive scheduling procedures aim at repairing the baseline schedule when the built-in protection fails during the execution of the project. We discuss the fundamentals of state of the art proactive/reactive project scheduling approaches and, along the lines, discuss key directions for future research

Proactive resource allocation heuristics for robust project scheduling by Kristof Braeckmans( Book )

2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Timeslack-based techniques for generating robust project schedules subject to resource uncertainty by Olivier Lambrechts( )

2 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in Undetermined and English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The classical, deterministic resource-constrained project scheduling problem has been the subject of a great deal of research during the previous decades. This is not surprising given the high practical relevance of this scheduling problem. Nevertheless, extensions are needed to be better able to cope with situations arising in practice such as multiple activity execution modes, activity duration changes and resource breakdowns. In this paper we analytically determine the impact of unexpected resource breakdowns on activity durations. Furthermore, using this information we develop an approach for inserting explicit idle time into the project schedule in order to protect it as well as possible from disruptions caused by resource unavailabilities. This strategy will be compared to a traditional simulation-based procedure and to a heuristic developed for the case of stochastic activity durations

The trade-off between stability and makespan in resource-constrained project scheduling by Stijn van de Vonder( Book )

2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The use of buffers in project management: the trade-off between stability and makespan by Stijn van de Vonder( Book )

2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A new random network generator for activity-on-the-node networks by Erik L Demeulemeester( Book )

1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

On the construction of stable project baseline schedules by Willy S Herroelen( Book )

1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

An investigation of efficient and effective predictive-reactive project scheduling procedures by Stijn Van de Vonder( Book )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Dynamic order acceptance and capacity planning within a multi-project environment( )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Proactive and reactive strategies for resource-constrained project scheduling with uncertain resource availabilities( )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide