Article ID: | iaor19971029 |
Country: | France |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 285 |
End Page Number: | 298 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1995 |
Journal: | RAIRO Operations Research |
Authors: | Garavelli A.C., Pontrandolfo P. |
Keywords: | construction & architecture, engineering |
In engineering and construction projects, the estimation of the completion date is often a complex task. When the uncertainty concerning project activity durations and the complexity of the project are not negligible, stochastic network techniques are more suitable to gain a reliable appraisal of the completion date. Since in these cases the conventional PERT computation can be inaccurate the the simulation can be too onerous, a heuristic method aimed to obtain fast and reliable results is proposed. An example of application of the heuristics to a real case of project scheduling is provided to show the heuristic implementation and effectiveness.