Managing stochastic, finite capacity, multi-project systems through the cross-entropy methodology

DOI10.1007/s10479-005-5730-1zbMath1075.90525OpenAlexW2061485569MaRDI QIDQ2485933

Boaz Golany, Avraham Shtub, Izack Cohen

Publication date: 5 August 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-005-5730-1

zbMATH Keywords

simulationstochastic processesproject managementcross-entropyfinite capacityuncertainty modeling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Fuzzy and other nonstochastic uncertainty mathematical programming (90C70)

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