Introduction to Operations Research, Volume 1-- This classic, field-defining text is the market leader in Operations Research -- and it's now updated and expanded to keep professionals a step ahead -- Features 25 new detailed, hands-on case studies added to the end of problem sections -- plus an expanded look at project planning and control with PERT/CPM -- A new, software-packed CD-ROM contains Excel files for examples in related chapters, numerous Excel templates, plus LINDO and LINGO files, along with MPL/CPLEX Software and MPL/CPLEX files, each showing worked-out examples |
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Scheduling Individual Activities The PERT / CPM scheduling procedure begins
by addressing Question 4 : When can the ... Having no delays means that ( 1 ) the
actual duration of each activity turns out to be the same as its estimated duration
...
Scheduling Individual Activities The PERT / CPM scheduling procedure begins
by addressing Question 4 : When can the ... Having no delays means that ( 1 ) the
actual duration of each activity turns out to be the same as its estimated duration
...
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Since an activity's immediate successors cannot start until the activity finishes ,
this rule is saying that the activity must finish in time to enable all its immediate
successors to begin by their latest start times . For example , consider activity M in
...
Since an activity's immediate successors cannot start until the activity finishes ,
this rule is saying that the activity must finish in time to enable all its immediate
successors to begin by their latest start times . For example , consider activity M in
...
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Y ; = start time of activity j ( for j = B , C , ... , N ) , given the values of x ^ , XB , XN . (
No such variable is needed for activity A , since an activity that begins the project
is automatically assigned a value of 0. ) By treating the FINISH node as ...
Y ; = start time of activity j ( for j = B , C , ... , N ) , given the values of x ^ , XB , XN . (
No such variable is needed for activity A , since an activity that begins the project
is automatically assigned a value of 0. ) By treating the FINISH node as ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Introduction to Operations Research, Volume 1 Introduction to Operations Research, Frederick S. Hillier McGraw-Hill series in industrial engineering and management science |
| Authors | Frederick S. Hillier, Gerald J. Lieberman |
| Edition | 7, illustrated |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0072416181, 9780072416183 |
| Length | 1214 pages |
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