On criticality and sensitivity in activity networks

被引:131
作者
Elmaghraby, SE [1 ]
机构
[1] N Carolina State Univ, Grad Programme Operat Res, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
关键词
activity networks; critical activities; sensitivity analysis;
D O I
10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00483-X
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
A review of the issues related to activity criticality and the sensitivity of the mean and variance of project completion time to changes in the mean and variance of individual activities is presented. The methodologies proposed range over the analytical, Monte Carlo sampling, and statistical sampling, in particular the use of Taguchi orthogonal arrays. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:220 / 238
页数:19
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