in this paper, we consider scheduling of project networks under minimization of total weighted resource tardiness penalty costs. in this problem, we assume constrained resources are renewable and limited to very costly machines and tools which are also used in other projects and are not accessible in all periods of time of a project. in other words, there is a dictated ready date as well as a d...

Projects scheduling by the project portfolio selection, something that has its own complexity and its flexibility, can create different composition of the project portfolio. An integer programming model is formulated for the project portfolio selection and scheduling.Two heuristic algorithms, genetic algorithm (GA) and simulated annealing (SA), are presented to solve the problem. Results of cal...

project planning is part of project management, which is relates to the use of schedules such as gantt charts to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment. initially, the project scope is defined and the appropriate methods for completing the project are determined. in this paper a new approach for the critical path analyzing a project network with random fuzzy activi...

The purpose of the critical path method (CPM) is to identify the critical activities in the critical path of an activity network. In the real world for many projects we have to use human judgment for estimating the duration of activities. However, the unknowns or vagueness about the time duration for activities in network planning, has led to the development of fuzzy CPM. A way to deal with thi...

EDF is a classic dynamic embedded realtime multi-task scheduling algorithm. In an embedded soft real-time system, the deadline missing ratio is an important metric to evaluate system performance. When an embedded soft realtime system is overloaded, EDF algorithm is not effective. Considering the unsteadiness and unpredictability of a practical task running environment due to the unsteadiness of...

Highway construction projects are one of the most important construction projects in the world. Therefore predicting the time of these kinds of projects is important. Basically highway projects are including few activities which are repeating along the horizontal direction. One of the best methods for scheduling these types of projects is linear scheduling method. The repetitive nature of the h...

Uncertainty is an inherent characteristic of construction projects. Neglecting uncertainties associated with different input parameters in the planning stage could well lead to misleading and/or unachievable project schedules. The objective of this paper is to present a new approach towards scheduling repetitive construction projects while accounting for uncertainty. The paper presents an algor...

earned value management is a critical project managementmethodology that evaluates project performance from cost andschedule viewpoints. the novel theoretical framework presented in thispaper estimates future performance of project regarding the past relativeinformation. it benefits from fuzzy regression (fr) models in estimationprocess in order to deal with the vagueness and impreciseness ofre...