A classification of predictive-reactive project scheduling procedures

The vast majority of the project scheduling research efforts over the past several years have concentrated on the development of workable predictive baseline schedules, assuming complete information and a static and deterministic environment. During execution, however, a project may be subject to nu...

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Published in:Journal of scheduling 2007-06, Vol.10 (3), p.195-207
Main Authors: Van de Vonder, Stijn, Demeulemeester, Erik, Herroelen, Willy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Costs
Design of experiments
Job shops
Operations management
Project management
Renewable resources
Resource scheduling
Schedules
Scheduling
Studies
Subcontractors
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Summary:The vast majority of the project scheduling research efforts over the past several years have concentrated on the development of workable predictive baseline schedules, assuming complete information and a static and deterministic environment. During execution, however, a project may be subject to numerous schedule disruptions. Proactive-reactive project scheduling procedures try to cope with these disruptions through the combination of a proactive scheduling procedure for generating predictive baseline schedules that are hopefully robust in that they incorporate safety time to absorb anticipated disruptions with a reactive procedure that is invoked when a schedule breakage occurs during project execution. In this paper we discuss the results obtained by a large experimental design set up to evaluate several predictive-reactive resource-constrained project scheduling procedures under the composite objective of maximizing both the schedule stability and the timely project completion probability. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1094-6136
1099-1425
DOI:10.1007/s10951-007-0011-2