Vaziri, K; Carr, P G and Nozick, L K (2007) Project planning for construction under uncertainty with limited resources. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(4), pp. 268-276. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Much of the project scheduling literature treats task durations as deterministic. In reality, however, task durations are subject to considerable uncertainty, and that uncertainty can be influenced by the resources assigned. The purpose of this paper is to provide the means for contractors to optimally allocate their skilled workers among individual tasks for a single project. Instead of the traditional use of schedules, we develop control policies in the form of planned resource allocation to tasks that capture the uncertainty associated with task durations and the impact of resource allocation on those durations. We develop a solution procedure for the model and illustrate the ideas in an example. The data for the example is collected from a real project.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | project management; resource management; uncertainty principles |
| Index terms: | project scheduling, resource allocation, skilled worker, resource management, duration, project management, project planning |
| Subjects: | control systems, management, project management theory and practice, resource management, project controls |
| Topics: | Site Management, Project Management, Human Resources, Time Control |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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