Evaluating project completion time in project networks with discrete random activity durations

DOI10.1016/J.COR.2008.11.021MaRDI QIDQ1017440zbMATH OpenOpenAlexDBLPWikidataFDO

Authors Erika Pinto, Maria Elena Bruni, Francesca Guerriero

Publication date 19 May 2009

Published in Computers \& Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2008.11.021

zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintyscenariosproject managementproject risk analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic programming (90C15) Stochastic scheduling theory in operations research (90B36)

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Uses Software

• AIMMS
• CPLEX
• PSPLIB

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