Evaluating project completion times when activity times are Weibull distributed
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چکیده
Activity networks have been used to model complex projects with wide applications in the field of production, planning and control. Stochastic activity networks (SANs) require a priori distribution function (d.f.) such as normal, exponential, Erlang and others. In this paper, a development of the moments method based on Weibull distribution of activity time is presented. The method provides an accurate estimate of the project completion time compared with other d.f. s estimates. 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European Journal of Operational Research
دوره 157 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004