In this paper, we present a new idea for robust project scheduling combined with a cost-oriented uncertainty investigation. The result of the new approach is a makespan minimal robust proactive schedule, which is immune against the uncertainties in the activity durations and which can be evaluated from a cost-oriented point of view on the set of the uncertain-but-bounded duration and cost param...

Evaluating and selecting alternatives investment projects needs considering all relevant and important aspects. In traditional methods, the focus is just on tangible monetary criteria. Also in the traditional methods, either all the information’s about factors must be known precisely or sufficient objective data must be available for applying probability theory. In this paper, a combinative app...

In this paper we model concession contracts between a public and a private party, under dynamic uncertainty arising both from the volatility of the cash flow generated by the project and by the strategic behaviour of the two parties. Under these conditions we derive three notions of equilibrium price and apply the model to a case study for one of the most important concession contracts in Italy...

Executive Summary Predictability in today’s capital-intensive markets is a challenge. Project cost overruns are one of the areas that are out of control and contributing to this dynamic. CAPEX planning, returns on invested capital and cash flow are all impacted negatively by these inefficiencies. Tweaking the project execution process can result in incremental improvement, but does not really m...

Decreasing new students for private high education push the management particularly for high level management for making an information which can help them to make decisions in order for competition with other high educations. One of way out by building with information technology approaching like data warehouse for data handling and making the best decisions. Simple ROI is used for project jus...

IV Imperfect Capital Markets and The Real World 8 A Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 B Bankruptcy Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 C Operating Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17...