Method of fuzzy critical path for network planning and control over projects based on soft computations

1999 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Sleptsov ◽  
T. A. Tyshchuk
Keyword(s):  
Critical Path ◽  
Network Planning ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
And Control

Some schedule optimization probelms in network planning and control (NPC) systems with multiple resources

Cybernetics ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-67
Author(s):  
D. I. Golenko ◽  
N. A. Levin
Keyword(s):  
Network Planning ◽  
Schedule Optimization ◽  
Multiple Resources ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
And Control

Fuzzy Critical Path Method Based on a New Approach of Ranking Fuzzy Numbers using Centroid of Centroids

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ravi Shankar ◽  
B. Pardha Saradhi ◽  
S. Suresh Babu
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Numbers ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Critical Path Method ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Complex Projects ◽  
And Control ◽  
First Time

The Critical Path Method (CPM) is useful for planning and control of complex projects. The CPM identifies the critical activities in the critical path of an activity network. The successful implementation of CPM requires the availability of clear determined time duration for each activity. However, in practical situations this requirement is usually hard to fulfil since many of activities will be executed for the first time. Hence, there is always uncertainty about the time durations of activities in the network planning. This has led to the development of fuzzy CPM. In this paper, a new approach of ranking fuzzy numbers using centroid of centroids of fuzzy numbers to its distance from original point is proposed. The proposed method can rank all types of fuzzy numbers including crisp numbers with different membership functions. The authors apply the proposed ranking method to develop a new fuzzy CPM. The proposed method is illustrated with an example.

Network planning and control ? The plant director's tool

Metallurgist ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-200
Author(s):  
G. D. Agapov ◽  
E. P. Aref'ev ◽  
M. A. Brezinskii ◽  
Yu. A. Danilenko
Keyword(s):  
Network Planning ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Assessments regarding the planning and control of activities and resources for ship repair and maintenance works

2021 ◽  
Vol XXIV (1) ◽  
pp. 201-210
Author(s):  
MANEA E.
Keyword(s):  
Critical Path ◽  
Technical Specification ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Time Parameter ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Resource Requirements ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
And Control ◽  
Ship Repair

The repair and maintenance operations carried out within a shipyard are correlated with the process of ensuring and managing the resources necessary to carry out the works included in the technical specification. Resource planning is a complex issue that can be addressed from several points of view. Initially, the planning of activities is done taking into account only the analysis of the time parameter and the dependencies between activities imposed by the technological process. The practice of the activities carried out in a shipyard has demonstrated that an analysis of the necessary resources according to the existing availability is also necessary. There are many unforeseen situations that can affect both the time of work and resources (material, financial, human) thus complicating the process of planning activities. This paper proposes a way to analyze the resource requirements of a repair project based on available resources, through Critical Path Method diagrams. This provides a comparative view of the daily required profile for a particular resource associated with the project in respect to the daily available profile of the shipyard.

scholarly journals The process timeline for sustainable construction management: case study in the construction of an educational centre

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 669
Author(s):  
Thais Taba da Silva ◽  
Márcio Rodrigues Clementino ◽  
Adriano Maniçoba da Silva ◽  
Wilson Yoshio Tanaka ◽  
Eugenio De Felice Zampini
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Management Case Study ◽  
And Control

Entrepreneurship is hard work, especially when it comes to the creation of an innovative, ecologically correct and sustainable project, and the small entrepreneur, in addition to facing bureaucratic and fiscal obstacles, has great difficulty in running his business, planning and optimizing his production for lack structured management knowledge. This is what happens with the company studied, where the construction of an educational centre, thought to be a model of ecological and sustainable building, did not have a schedule of execution, thus becoming dependent on very short term planning, accomplished at each step, rather than a structured action as a whole. In this sense, the Critical Path Method (CPM), which uses simple estimates for the duration of the building stages and the PERT technique, was implemented among a variety of schedules and methods for planning and control of works execution. This method is suitable and simple to use by small businesses. This methodology, easy to be understood and implemented, generated benefit to the company, allowing planning, predictability and control of the works.

A Framework for Evaluating Network Planning and Control Techniques

1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.A. Digman ◽  
Gary I. Green
Keyword(s):  
Network Planning ◽  
Control Techniques ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Using the Network Metaphor to Design, Deliver, and Maintain a Construction Management Curriculum

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ihab M. H. Saad
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Accreditation Process ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Construction Education ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Management Curriculum ◽  
And Control

Construction management programs accredited by the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) are responding to new standards for accreditation, as the accreditation process itself is being changed to primarily focus on learning outcomes. These changes offer an opportunity and a challenge for existing programs to readjust and restructure to meet the increasingly changing expectations within the construction market. Using a network metaphor, with a critical path consisting of critical activities, activity codes, and constraints, can be a successful methodology to develop/align a construction management curriculum. As with any network, this approach can be used as both planning and control tool, being revisited regularly for further fine-tuning responding to the feedback resulting from assessment efforts to “close the loop.” The resulting network can be presented in both tabular and/or graphical format highlighting the critical path and particular critical activities (learning concepts) within that path. Different resources can be applied to the schedule reflecting their commitment and availability limits (space, labs, computers, etc.).

Fuzzy Critical Path Method Based on a New Approach of Ranking Fuzzy Numbers Using Centroid of Centroids

Fuzzy Systems ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 1690-1707
Author(s):  
N. Ravi Shankar ◽  
B. Pardha Saradhi ◽  
S. Suresh Babu
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Numbers ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Critical Path Method ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Complex Projects ◽  
And Control ◽  
First Time

The Critical Path Method (CPM) is useful for planning and control of complex projects. The CPM identifies the critical activities in the critical path of an activity network. The successful implementation of CPM requires the availability of clear determined time duration for each activity. However, in practical situations this requirement is usually hard to fulfil since many of activities will be executed for the first time. Hence, there is always uncertainty about the time durations of activities in the network planning. This has led to the development of fuzzy CPM. In this paper, a new approach of ranking fuzzy numbers using centroid of centroids of fuzzy numbers to its distance from original point is proposed. The proposed method can rank all types of fuzzy numbers including crisp numbers with different membership functions. The authors apply the proposed ranking method to develop a new fuzzy CPM. The proposed method is illustrated with an example.

A Strategy for Network Planning and Control

1985 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Layne C. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Network Planning ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals   Project costs planning in the conditions of uncertainty

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 72-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Štiková
Keyword(s):  
Critical Path ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Fuzzy Approach ◽  
Project Duration ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
New Information ◽  
Project Costs ◽  
Project Network ◽  
And Control ◽  
Total Project

The fuzzy approach to the project network analysis of the project planning and control is commonly oriented on the fuzzy critical path setting and the project duration monitoring. In the article, this approach is improved by the addition of the project costs perspective to the standard time aspect. The relations for the fuzzy quantity of the total project costs and for its membership function are derived. The example demonstrates the application of the theoretical relations and shows how the enhanced fuzzy approach can be used when different project variants are to be compared. The example also reveals how the fuzzy approach with the project costs monitoring brings new information for the project planning and management and for the risk management.  

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