In project scheduling, the durations of activities are often uncertain. Delays may cause a massive disorganization if large number must be rescheduled. “The Anchor-Robust Project Scheduling Problem,” Bendotti, Chrétienne, Fouilhoux, and Pass-Lanneau propose novel criterion for solution stability in scheduling under processing times uncertainty. They define anchored jobs as whose starting can gu...

This paper introduces the particle swarm optimization (PSO)-based approach to resolve the resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSB) with the objective of minimizing project duration. Activities priorities for scheduling are represented by particles and a parallel scheme is utilized to transform the particle-represented priorities to a feasible schedule according to the precedence ...

Today, in large projects such as constructing oil, gas and petrochemical refineries, it is inevitable to use modern management methods and project timing. On the other hand, in classic scheduling case, the focus is on balance between time and cost of carrying out projects, which in such a situation, one of possible solutions to shorten time of implementing project is to accelerate activities. T...

Software development organizations often struggle to deliver projects on time, within budget and with the required quality. One possible cause of this problem is poor software project management and, in particular, inadequate project scheduling and ineffective team staffing. This paper investigates the application of a particle swarm optimization algorithm to help software project managers perf...

Preemption in multi-mode Resource-constrained project scheduling problem Zahra Zare* Department of Industrial Engineering Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Postal Code: 71767-13763, Unit 3, No 142, 6 Alley, South Bahonar St., Shiraz, Iran Abdulreza Naddaf Department of Management Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Maysam Ashrafzadeh Department of Industrial Engineering Najaf...