This paper focuses on solving a typical multi-mode resource leveling problem, in which activity duration depends on committed resources, project deadlines and other constraints. To solve this problem, we establish a multi-objective model to minimize project duration, resource requirements and resource variance. Based on the established model, a novel Elitist Vector Evaluated Particle Swarm Opti...

In modern manufacturing systems like multi-resource constrained project scheduling problem with the multiple modes (mcPSP-mM) is complicated because of the complex interrelationships between the units of the different stages. In this paper, we develop an adaptive genetic algorithm (aGA) to solve the mcPSP-mM which is a well known NP-hard problem. A new aGA algorithm approach for solving these m...

In this paper, we consider the problem of temporally coordinating the resource demands of a set of independent agents. We assume that resources are unreliable, making it necessary to retain imprecision in the execution times assigned to specific agent operations. To this end, a probabilistic model of resource allocation is developed for use in estimating the consequences of execution intervals ...

Many scheduling problems in project management, manufacturing, and elsewhere require the generation of activity networks to test proposed solution methods. Single-network generators have been used for the resourceconstrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP). Since the first single-network generator was proposed in 1993, several advances have been reported in the literature. However, these gen...

Construction and facilities maintenance projects involve a large number of people and tasks with resource constraints and precedence constraints. This paper presents a new approach to model this problem as a resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problem (RCMPSP) with cost minimization. The scheduling problem is first decomposed into two sub-problems: schedule generation and sequencing. ...

Reactive project scheduling is an important branch of under uncertainty. This paper proposes a resource-constrained multi-project reactive problem (RCMPRSP) with new arrival to minimize the adjustment cost baseline schedule while achieving deterministic goal. Although RCMPRSP aims cost, it adds constraint ensure that one schedules shortest possible make-span after arrival. Therefore, and can bo...