CRITICAL PATH METHOD: A REVIEW

Abstract

The paper brings together different aspects of the Critical Path Analysis exclusively in terms of the mathematical developments in this area during the last eight years. The survey is divided into seven sections. The first one deals with the four stages of development, each successive stage being more representative of the real situation. The next five sections give explicit reference to the different articles which contribute to the stages of development described in the first section. The articles are reviewed in terms of the network algebra, PERT assumptions, cost/time trade off, resource allocation (heuristic) and resource allocation (analytical). Finally, the seventh and last section of this paper provides a summary of ideas and possible directions of research, some of which are currently being undertaken.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0672522

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People

  • M. Krishnamoorthy

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  • University of Michigan

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  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Assembly
  • Assembly Lines
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
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  • Flow Network
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Retrieval
  • Integer Programming
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Optimization
  • Quadratic Programming
  • Random Variables
  • Surveys
  • Systems Engineering

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