Koulinas, G K and Anagnostopoulos, K P (2012) Construction resource allocation and leveling using a threshold accepting-based hyperheuristic algorithm. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(7), pp. 854-863. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
In this study we propose a threshold accepting based hyperheuristic for solving in a single run both the resource-constrained project scheduling problem or resource allocation, and the resource leveling problem. Having their roots in the field of artificial intelligence, hyperheuristics operate in the "low-level" heuristics domain rather than in the solutions domain. The hyperheuristic has been implemented within a commercial project management software package. Low-level heuristics operate on the solution domain defined by the priority values that the software uses for resource allocation. A case example from the literature and computational experiments on randomly generated projects demonstrate that the hyperheuristic achieves good performance in a timely manner, improving the results provided by the software.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction management; optimization; resource allocation; resource leveling; scheduling |
| Index terms: | project scheduling, artificial intelligence, project management software, resource allocation, heuristic, experiment, resource levelling, scheduling, package |
| Subjects: | risk assessment, project controls, digital technology, data collection methods, contractual arrangements, operations research, artificial intelligence, resource management |
| Topics: | Digital Applications, Risk Management, Research Practice, Procurement, Time Control, Site Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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