BUILDING UP SCHEDULES  IN MULTIPROJECT DESIGN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

The article focuses on the problem of algorithmizing the process of building schedules in various spheres of human activity by using the modern mathematical apparatus, as well as achievements in the field of systems analysis, game theory, and graph theory. Nowadays, there have been analyzed and determined the boundaries of the effective application of many well-known heuristic and metaheuristic algorithms, which have shown good results in practice. However, despite the achievements in the discrete optimization, scheduling and network planning, the new problems of drawing up so-called coordinated schedules in the field of multi-project planning, which take into account the preferences (requests, wishes) of specific schedule executors, are still of practical interest. There have been considered the approaches and main stages of solving the problems of constructing coordinated schedules in multi-project planning, which is relevant for the development of new generation software and tools

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Réflexion sur la prévision en relations internationales

Études internationales ◽

10.7202/701042ar ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 211-222

Author(s):

Philippe Braillard

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Game Theory ◽

Graph Theory ◽

International Relations ◽

Operations Research ◽

Systems Analysis ◽

Delphi Technique ◽

The Social ◽

Qualitative Evolution ◽

Research Decision

In the study of international relations, as indeed in all of the social sciences, reflections about the future are becoming increasingly numerous. They indicate frequently moreover a desire for systemization through recourse to rigourous techniques and procedures: the Delphi technique, the construction of scenarios, Systems analysis, operations research, decision matrices, graph theory, game theory, etc. This leads us to conclude often that the forecasting approach in international relations is undergoing a major quantitative and qualitative evolution. We seek to show however in this analysis that, contrary to appearances, forecasting research in international relations is characterized above all today by great epistemological weakness and by a remarkable incoherence, and that it is not therefore, for the most part, equal to its pretensions. We will attempt to determine why this is the case and if this situation is likely to change. In doing so, we will seek to identify both the possibilities and the limits of forecasting in this field.

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