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Stochastic Project Networks

Author : Klaus Neumann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642615155
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Stochastic Project Networks written by Klaus Neumann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project planning, scheduling, and control are regularly used in business and the service sector of an economy to accomplish outcomes with limited resources under critical time constraints. To aid in solving these problems, network-based planning methods have been developed that now exist in a wide variety of forms, cf. Elmaghraby (1977) and Moder et al. (1983). The so-called "classical" project networks, which are used in the network techniques CPM and PERT and which represent acyclic weighted directed graphs, are able to describe only projects whose evolution in time is uniquely specified in advance. Here every event of the project is realized exactly once during a single project execution and it is not possible to return to activities previously carried out (that is, no feedback is permitted). Many practical projects, however, do not meet those conditions. Consider, for example, a production process where some parts produced by a machine may be poorly manufactured. If an inspection shows that a part does not conform to certain specifications, it must be repaired or replaced by a new item. This means that we have to return to a preceding stage of the production process. In other words, there is feedback. Note that the result of the inspection is that a certain percentage of the parts tested do not conform. That is, there is a positive probability (strictly less than 1) that any part is defective.

Project Management Techniques and Innovations in Information Technology

Author : Wang, John
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466609311
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Project Management Techniques and Innovations in Information Technology written by Wang, John and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents the latest research, case studies, best practices, and methodologies within the field of IT project management, offering research from top experts around the world in a variety of IT project management applications and job sectors"--Provided by publisher.

Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling Vol. 2

Author : Christoph Schwindt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319059157
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling Vol. 2 by : Christoph Schwindt

Download or read book Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling Vol. 2 written by Christoph Schwindt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the increasing importance of product differentiation and collapsing product life cycles, a growing number of value-adding activities in the industry and service sector are organized in projects. Projects come in many forms, often taking considerable time and consuming a large amount of resources. The management and scheduling of projects represents a challenging task and project performance may have a considerable impact on an organization's competitiveness. This handbook presents state-of-the-art approaches to project management and scheduling. More than sixty contributions written by leading experts in the field provide an authoritative survey of recent developments. The book serves as a comprehensive reference, both, for researchers and project management professionals. The handbook consists of two volumes. Volume 1 is devoted to single-modal and multi-modal project scheduling. Volume 2 presents multi-project problems, project scheduling under uncertainty and vagueness, managerial approaches and a separate part on applications, case studies and information systems.

Dynamic and Stochastic Multi-Project Planning

Author : Philipp Melchiors
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319045407
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Dynamic and Stochastic Multi-Project Planning written by Philipp Melchiors and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with dynamic and stochastic methods for multi-project planning. Based on the idea of using queueing networks for the analysis of dynamic-stochastic multi-project environments this book addresses two problems: detailed scheduling of project activities, and integrated order acceptance and capacity planning. In an extensive simulation study, the book thoroughly investigates existing scheduling policies. To obtain optimal and near optimal scheduling policies new models and algorithms are proposed based on the theory of Markov decision processes and Approximate Dynamic programming. Then the book presents a new model for the effective computation of optimal policies based on a Markov decision process. Finally, the book provides insights into the structure of optimal policies.

Optimization of Temporal Networks under Uncertainty

Author : Wolfram Wiesemann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642234267
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimization of Temporal Networks under Uncertainty by : Wolfram Wiesemann

Download or read book Optimization of Temporal Networks under Uncertainty written by Wolfram Wiesemann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many decision problems in Operations Research are defined on temporal networks, that is, workflows of time-consuming tasks whose processing order is constrained by precedence relations. For example, temporal networks are used to model projects, computer applications, digital circuits and production processes. Optimization problems arise in temporal networks when a decision maker wishes to determine a temporal arrangement of the tasks and/or a resource assignment that optimizes some network characteristic (e.g. the time required to complete all tasks). The parameters of these optimization problems (e.g. the task durations) are typically unknown at the time the decision problem arises. This monograph investigates solution techniques for optimization problems in temporal networks that explicitly account for this parameter uncertainty. We study several formulations, each of which requires different information about the uncertain problem parameters.

Applied Project Management

Author :
Publisher : Tapir Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9788251922876
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Applied Project Management written by and published by Tapir Academic Press. This book was released on with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Application of Mathematics and Optimization in Construction Project Management

Author : Hêriş Golpîra
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030811239
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Application of Mathematics and Optimization in Construction Project Management by : Hêriş Golpîra

Download or read book Application of Mathematics and Optimization in Construction Project Management written by Hêriş Golpîra and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-12 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad overview of project and project management principles, processes, and success/failure factors. It also provides a state of the art of applications of the project management concepts, especially in the field of construction projects, based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). The slate of geographically and professionally diverse authors illustrates project management as a multidisciplinary undertaking that integrates renewable and non-renewable resources in a systematic process to achieve project goals. The book describes assessment based on technical and operational goals and meeting schedules and budgets.

Management Science, Operations Research and Project Management

Author : José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317102010
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Management Science, Operations Research and Project Management by : José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo

Download or read book Management Science, Operations Research and Project Management written by José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to its societal and economic relevance, Project Management (PM) has become an important discipline and a concept critical to modern organizations, public and private. PM as an academic discipline is discussed both in Management Science and in Operations Research. Management Science tends to focus on quantitative tools and the soft skills necessary to manage projects successfully. Operations Research gives the essential scientific contribution to the success of project management through the development of models and algorithms. In Management Science, Operations Research and Project Management, José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo fills the gap between scientific research and the practical application of that research. Project managers need formal training in decision-making but sometimes, they do not have an in-depth knowledge of Operations Research or they lack the necessary theoretical background. This book, with its focus on the quantitative models of Operations Research and Management Science applied to Project Management, provides project managers with the tools and methods necessary to manage projects successfully. Project managers operate in a complex global environment, in which numerous factors need to be considered, such as minimizing total project costs, meeting contracted dates, and ensuring that activities achieve certain quality levels. The focus here on the application of quantitative models of Operations Research and Management Science applied to Project Management provides them with the tools and methods necessary to make sound decisions.

Perspectives in Operations Research

Author : Frank B. Alt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387399348
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives in Operations Research written by Frank B. Alt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Symposium was held on February 25, 2006 in honor of the 80th birthday of Saul I. Gass and his major contributions to the field of operations research over 50 years. This volume includes articles from each of the Symposium speakers plus 16 other articles from friends, colleagues, and former students. Each contributor offers a forward-looking perspective on the future development of the field.

Project Scheduling

Author : Erik Leuven Demeulemeester
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306481421
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Project Scheduling by : Erik Leuven Demeulemeester

Download or read book Project Scheduling written by Erik Leuven Demeulemeester and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our objectives in writing Project Scheduling: A Research Handbook are threefold: (1) Provide a unified scheme for classifying the numerous project scheduling problems occurring in practice and studied in the literature; (2) Provide a unified and up-to-date treatment of the state-of-the-art procedures developed for their solution; (3) Alert the reader to various important problems that are still in need of considerable research effort. Project Scheduling: A Research Handbook has been divided into four parts. Part I consists of three chapters on the scope and relevance of project scheduling, on the nature of project scheduling, and finally on the introduction of a unified scheme that will be used in subsequent chapters for the identification and classification of the project scheduling problems studied in this book. Part II focuses on the time analysis of project networks. Part III carries the discussion further into the crucial topic of scheduling under scarce resources. Part IV deals with robust scheduling and stochastic scheduling issues. Numerous tables and figures are used throughout the book to enhance the clarity and effectiveness of the discussions. For the interested and motivated reader, the problems at the end of each chapter should be considered as an integral part of the presentation.

Advances in Project Scheduling

Author : R. Slowinski
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483290727
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Project Scheduling written by R. Slowinski and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multi-author volume, containing contributions from international experts in the field, presents recent developments in project scheduling for both theory and practice. It is organized in three parts: I. Basic deterministic models; II. Special deterministic models; III. Stochastic models. A variety of approaches is presented dealing with multiple-category resource constraints, different mathematical models of activities, and various project performance measures in single and multiobjective formulation. Exact and heuristic algorithms are presented for both deterministic and stochastic project description.The volume will be of special interest to scientists, students, decision makers, executive managers, consultants and practitioners involved in systems management or operations research, in particular in business, engineering, and finance, but also in other areas of pure and applied sciences.

Advances in Secure Computing, Internet Services, and Applications

Author : Tripathy, B.K.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466649410
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Secure Computing, Internet Services, and Applications written by Tripathy, B.K. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological advancements have extracted a vast amount of useful knowledge and information for applications and services. These developments have evoked intelligent solutions that have been utilized in efforts to secure this data and avoid potential complex problems. Advances in Secure Computing, Internet Services, and Applications presents current research on the applications of computational intelligence in order to focus on the challenge humans face when securing knowledge and data. This book is a vital reference source for researchers, lecturers, professors, students, and developers, who have interest in secure computing and recent advanced in real life applications.

Resource Allocation in Project Management

Author : Christoph Schwindt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540254102
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book Resource Allocation in Project Management written by Christoph Schwindt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-06-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is devoted to structural issues, algorithms, and applications of resource allocation problems in project management. Special emphasis is given to a unifying framework within which a large variety of project scheduling problems can be treated. Those problems involve general temporal constraints among project activities, different types of scarce resources, and a broad class of regular and nonregular objective functions ranging from time-based and financial to resource levelling functions. The diversity of the models proposed allows for covering many features arising in scheduling applications beyond the field of project management such as short-term production planning in the manufacturing or process industries.

Coordination and Incentive Contracts in Stochastic Project Management

Author : Murat Bayiz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coordination and Incentive Contracts in Stochastic Project Management written by Murat Bayiz and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Airline Operations and Delay Management

Author : Dr Cheng-Lung Wu
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409486249
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis Airline Operations and Delay Management by : Dr Cheng-Lung Wu

Download or read book Airline Operations and Delay Management written by Dr Cheng-Lung Wu and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airline Operations and Delay Management fills a gap within the area of airline schedule planning by addressing the close relationships between network development, economic driving forces, schedule demands and operational complexity. The pursuit of robust airline scheduling and reliable airline operations is discussed in light of the future trends of airline scheduling and technology applications in airline operations.

Advances in Swarm Intelligence, Part I

Author : Ying Tan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642215157
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Swarm Intelligence, Part I written by Ying Tan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume set (LNCS 6728 and 6729) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2011, held in Chongqing, China, in June 2011. The 143 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 298 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on theoretical analysis of swarm intelligence algorithms, particle swarm optimization, applications of pso algorithms, ant colony optimization algorithms, bee colony algorithms, novel swarm-based optimization algorithms, artificial immune system, differential evolution, neural networks, genetic algorithms, evolutionary computation, fuzzy methods, and hybrid algorithms - for part I. Topics addressed in part II are such as multi-objective optimization algorithms, multi-robot, swarm-robot, and multi-agent systems, data mining methods, machine learning methods, feature selection algorithms, pattern recognition methods, intelligent control, other optimization algorithms and applications, data fusion and swarm intelligence, as well as fish school search - foundations and applications.

Essays in Production, Project Planning and Scheduling

Author : P. Simin Pulat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461490561
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Essays in Production, Project Planning and Scheduling written by P. Simin Pulat and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Preface: This festschrift is devoted to recognize the career of a man who not only witnessed the growth of operations research from its inception, but also contributed significantly to this growth. Dr. Salah E. Elmaghraby received his doctorate degree from Cornell University in 1958, and since then, his scholarly contributions have enriched the fields of production planning and scheduling and project scheduling. This collection of papers is contributed in his honor by his students, colleagues, and acquaintances. It offers a tribute to the inspiration received from his work, and from his guidance and advice over the years, and recognizes the legacy of his many contributions. Dr. Elmaghraby is a pioneer in the area of project scheduling (in particular, project planning and control through network models, for which he coined the term ‘activity networks’.) In his initial work in this area, he developed an algebra based on signal flow graphs and semi-Markov processes for analyzing generalized activity networks involving activities with probabilistic durations. This work led to the development of what was later known as the Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT), and GERT simulation models. He has made fundamental contributions in determining criticality indices for activities, in developing methodologies for project compression and time/cost analysis, and in the use of stochastic and chance-constrained programming and Petri Nets for the analysis of activity networks. This volume brings together fourteen contributions, which can be viewed under the following three main themes: operations research and its application in production planning; project scheduling, and production scheduling, inspired by, and in many cases based on, Dr. Elmaghraby’s work in these areas. The first five chapters are devoted to the first theme, followed by four chapters each devoted to the other two, respectively. An additional chapter is devoted to the vulnerability of multimodal freight systems.