A lognormal approximation of activity duration in PERT using two time estimates

DOI10.1057/PALGRAVE.JORS.2602204MaRDI QIDQ5428979zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 29 November 2007

Published in The Journal of the Operational Research Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602204

zbMATH Keywords

lognormal distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics in engineering and industry; control charts (62P30) Theory of organizations, manpower planning in operations research (90B70)

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