The vast majority of the research efforts in project scheduling assume complete information about the scheduling problem to be solved and a static deterministic environment within which the pre-computed baseline schedule will be executed. However, in the real world, project activities are subject to considerable uncertainty, which is gradually resolved during project execution. In this survey w...

We consider the resource-constrained project scheduling problem. The purpose of this paper is to direct the focus to a branch-and-bound concept that can, by simple adaptations, operate on a wide range of problem settings. The general approach can, e.g., deal with multi-mode problems, resource availability varying with time, and a wide range of objectives. Even the simple assembly line balancing...

Project scheduling is essential in enterprise operations. Not only does it increase working efficiency but also the enterprise’s profit. In the past, there have been studies developing heuristic algorithms to efficiently solve the complicated multi-mode resource constrained project scheduling problem with discounted cash flows (MRCPSPDCF). These obtained solutions are approximate rather than op...

: This paper proposes a novel niching estimation of distribution algorithm (EDA) based on fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering for solving the multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem (MRCPSP). FCM clustering is employed to partition the population into niches to avoid premature convergence of the EDA. Then, the niche capacity is determined by Boltzmann scheme according to the adapt...

The scheduling problem under study may be viewed as an extension of the standard Multi-mode ResourceConstrained Project Scheduling Problem (MRCPSP) including Multi-Skilled Labor and will be called as MRCPSP-MS. This problem requires an integration of resource limitation, labor skills, and multiple possible execution modes for each task, and the objective is to minimize the overall project durat...

This paper presents a multi-objective multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem (MRCPSP) with positive and negative cash flows. We consider the objectives of the net present value (NPV) maximization and robustness maximization along by makespan minimization. Furthermore, to make a model close to the real world situations, two types of commonly used payment models are considered...