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| Author: | Vairaktarakis, G.L. |
| Title: | The value of resource flexibility in the resource-constrained job assignment problem |
| Journal: | Management Science
2003 : JUN, VOL. 49:6, p. 718-732 |
| Index terms: | Flexibility Heuristic methods Integer programming Optimization Projects Resource management |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The problem of minimizing project duration is considered in an environment where each project activity can be executed by a number of different flexible resources. The capabilities of the flexible resources are modeled using a binary activity-resource matrix A called the availability matrix. Activity durations are known deterministically. The authors develop tight lower bounds and a variety of heuristics accompanied with extensive computational tests regarding their performance. The results show that the algorithms consistently perform near optimally. |
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