Effects of erroneous estimation of activity durations on scheduling and dispatching a single project
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The impact of inaccurate estimates of activity duration on two approaches to the management of resource-constrained projects was examined. Specifically, the performance of dispatching and scheduling policies under various project conditions were evaluated along with the effect of rescheduling. The results, which showed that rescheduling shortens project completion time, demonstrated that scheduling results in earlier project completion over heuristic dispatching rules.
Publication Name: Decision Sciences
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0011-7315
Year: 1996
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Replanning the master production schedule for a capacity-constrained job shop
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A new study investigates the use of frozen and replanning intervals for managing master production schedule changes in a job shop limited by capacity.
Publication Name: Decision Sciences
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0011-7315
Year: 1999
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Scheduling to improve field service quality
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A new study investigates measures of service quality and their effect on the scheduling of after-sales field service technicians.
Publication Name: Decision Sciences
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0011-7315
Year: 1999
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