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| Author: | Wang, J. |
| Title: | A fuzzy robust scheduling approach for product development projects |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research
2004 : JAN, VOL. 152:1, p. 180-194 |
| Index terms: | Scheduling Product development Project management Fuzzy sets Algorithms |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Efficient scheduling of a product development project is difficult, since a development project is usually unique in nature and high level of design imprecisions exist at the early stages of product development. Moreover, risk-averse project managers are often more interested in estimating the risk of a schedule being late over all potential realizations. The objective of this research is to develop a robust scheduling methodology based on fuzzy set theory for uncertain product development projects. The imprecise temporal parameters involved in the project are represented by fuzzy sets. A measure of schedule robustness based on qualitative possibility theory is proposed to guide the search process to determine the robust schedule; i.e., the schedule with best worst-case performance. A genetic algorithm approach is developed for solving the problem with acceptable performance. An example of electronic product development project is used to illustrate the concept developed. |
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