on time supply of materials in construction projects is very important. therefore, coordinating a project with key suppliers, while ensuring the timely supply of materials, make the minimum costs of project. one way to create this coordination is integrated inventory planning which has been accomplished in this study. it is necessary to mention that such a model is considered np_hard in terms o...

  We consider criticality in project networks having imprecise activity duration times. It is well known that finding all possibly critical paths of an imprecise project network is an NP-hard problem. Here, based on a method for finding critical paths of crisp networks by using only the forward recursion of critical path method, for the first time an algorithm is proposed which can find all pos...

Project success is assessed based on various criteria, every one of which enjoys a different level of importance for the beneficiaries and decision makers. Time and cost are the most important objectives and criteria for the project success. On the other hand, reducing the risk of finishing activities until the predetermined deadlines should be taken into account. Having formulated the problem ...

In the last decade, theory of constraint application in project management lead to make a new approach for project scheduling and control as a critical chain. In this paper, a multi-objective optimization model for multi-project scheduling on critical chain is investigated. The objectives include time, cost and quality. In order to solve the problem, a Simulated Annealing algorithm is developed...

Today, the construction industry is facing intense competition and success in this competition depends on several factors. Project managers try to minimize project time and cost, carbon dioxide emission and at the same time maximizing the quality of project and its plan robustness. In this paper, study construction project scheduling considering a discrete trade-off between time, cost, quality,...

this paper presents a prediction model based on a new neuro-fuzzy algorithm for estimating time in construction projects. the output of the proposed prediction model, which is employed based on a locally linear neuro-fuzzy (llnf) model, is useful for assessing a project status at different time horizons. being trained by a locally linear model tree (lolimot) learning algorithm, the model is int...

This paper proposes a new mixed-integer model for the multi-skill resource-constrained project scheduling problem (MSRCPSP). The interactions between workers are represented as undirected networks. Therefore, for each required skill, an undirected network is formed which shows the relations of human resources. In this paper, community detection in networks is used to find the most compatible wo...

In this paper we consider the non-preemptive variant of a multi-mode resource constrained project scheduling problem (MRCPSP) with mode identity, in which a set of project activities is partitioned into disjoint subsets while all activities forming one subset have to be processed in the same mode. We present a depth-first branch and bound algorithm for the resource constrained project schedulin...

a vast number of organizational projects as well as complexity of decision making process can cause particular challenges for project management and its leadership. in order to use organization assets and opportunities efficiently, it is necessary that manager implement a comprehensive multidimensional project portfolio management system that considers economic, social and technical details of ...