the allocation of human resources to project activities in order to schedule them is one of the closest states to the actual conditions of scheduling problems. but regarding the fact that this problem belongs to the class of np-hard problems; so far the exact methods have only been able to solve the small size problems. in this study, the renewable resources are humans in a way that every staff...

This work deals with the multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem. In this problem, activities of the project may be executed in more than one operating mode and renewable resource constraints exist. Each activity operation mode has a different duration and requires different amount of renewable resources. The objective function considered is the minimisation of the project co...

This paper presents a hybrid heuristic for constrained resource allocation in PERT type networks. Here, the assumption is made that the constrained resource is renewable for allocation to the activities of project. In addition, we consider finish-start precedence constraints with zero time lag. The activities durations are independent continuous random variables, preemption is not allowed and r...

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 this paper, a bi- objective Operating Theater scheduling is proposed. The problem subject to order and assignment constraints. first the minimization of operating theater opening total time also called makespan in manufacturing systems while second maximize constraints satisfaction. considered as two-stage hybrid flow shop with blocking. Several metaheuristics are compared: firefly algorithm...

Project-based remanufacturing is a kind of service-driven remanufacturing mode, and production scheduling is one of the important issues for project-based remanufacturing system operation. Many uncertain factors exist in the remanufacturing system which lead to the traditional single production scheduling model and approach can not satisfy the requirements for production scheduling in the proce...

We consider a multidimensional optimization problem in the framework of tropical mathematics. The problem is formulated to minimize a nonlinear objective function that is defined on vectors in a finitedimensional semimodule over an idempotent semifield and calculated by means of multiplicative conjugate transposition. We offer two complete direct solutions to the problem. The first solution con...

The project scheduling and resource allocation problems have been studied using different optimization methods. The resource leveling problem was proposed to reduce the resource fluctuation and was always studied independently resource constraint problem. For example, resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP) was proposed to optimize scheduling under resource constraints. This res...

In this paper we review different approaches for scheduling projects in multi-project environments. We show the evolution of the methodologies from the Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem to the Decentralized Resource Constrained Multi-Project Scheduling Problem. We argue that traditional methods used in project scheduling cannot cope with the complexity of current real portfolios p...