Although a large number of studies have been made on modelling a multi-project scheduling problem, little is known about proposing a process which calls for the issues of project creation and selection, resource planning and project scheduling. Project advancement (PA) is a new approach involving such concepts. Seven-step rules of engaging the problem with constrained multi-tasking environment ...

Construction projects are planned in a complex and dynamic environment characterized by high risks uncertainties amidst resource constraints. Assessing construction schedule risk facilitates informed decision-making, especially resource-constrained situation, allows proactive actions to be taken so that project objectives not jeopardized. This study presents stochastic multiskilled scheduling (...

In this paper we demonstrate how decentralized multi-project scheduling problems can be solved efficiently by a group of project manager agents playing a simple sequence learning game. In the multi-project scheduling problem, multiple projects, each having a number of activities, must be scheduled. A set of local and global resources are available for carrying out the activities of the projects...

In industry, many problems are considered as the Decentralized Resource-Constrained Multi-Project Scheduling Problem (DRCMPSP). Existing approaches encounter difficulties in dealing with large problems while preserving information privacy of project agents. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to solve DRCMPSP based on the multi-unit combinatorial auction, which can efficiently solve the ...

The time - cost tradeoff problem is one of the most critical issues in the project scheduling field and so far, a lot of research has been done with a variety of quantitative and qualitative approaches on this subject. In this research, we intend to provide a two - objective mathematical model which balances crash and delay for activities. So that it provides the right tools for decision makers...

Researchers have begun to explore tools that allow multiple users to collaborate across multiple devices. One class of these tools allows users to simultaneously place and interact with information on shared displays. Unfortunately, there is a lack of good tasks to evaluate the effectiveness of these tools for information coordination in such scenarios. In this paper, we present collaborative j...

Resource-constraint multi-project scheduling is one of the most important topic in the field of project management. Most current works solve this problem based on an idea that multiple projects can be simply emerged into a super-project in a deterministic environment, regardless of the project priority and robustness of schedules. This paper discusses the RCMPSP with priority and formulates a d...

In project scheduling, many problems can arise when resource fluctuations are beyond acceptable limits. To overcome this, mathematical techniques have been developed for leveling resources. However, these produce a hard and inflexible approach in scheduling projects. The authors propose a simple resource leveling approach that can be used in scheduling projects with multi-mode execution activit...