The multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem with generalized precedence relations

The multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem with generalized precedence relations

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Article ID: iaor20003405
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 119
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 538
End Page Number: 556
Publication Date: Dec 1999
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: tabu search
Abstract:

In this paper, we tackle the challenging problem of scheduling activities to minimize the project duration, in which the activities (a) are subject to generalized precedence relations, (b) require units of multiple renewable, non-renewable and doubly constrained resources for which a limited availability is imposed, and (c) can be performed in one of several different ways, reflected in multiple activity scenarios or modes. These multiple modes give rise to several kinds of trade-offs (time/resource, time/cost and resource/resource trade-offs) which allow for a more efficient allocation and use of resources. We present a local search-based solution methodology which is able to handle many real-life project scheduling characteristics such as time-varying resource requirements and availabilities, activity ready times, due dates and deadlines, activity overlaps, activity start time constraints and other types of temporal constraints.

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