Stochastic gradient-based time-cost tradeoffs in PERT networks using simulation

DOI10.1007/BF02136842zbMath0824.90060OpenAlexW2116265629MaRDI QIDQ1805493

R. A. Bowman

Publication date: 18 May 1995

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02136842

zbMATH Keywords

variance reductionproject managementinfinitesimal perturbation analysisstochastic activity networksPERT networksprescriptive project managementscore function gradient estimators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic network models in operations research (90B15) Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35)

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