Project Scheduling with Overlapping Activities Using Dependency Structure Matrix

摘要：

In the conventional scheduling techniques such as Critical Path Methods ( CPM) and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), generally there is only one logical sequence between activities in a project, i. e. Finish-to-star ( FS) relationship. However, in reality, execution of activities is often required to be overlapped in order to shorten the project duration. This paper presents an approach for project scheduling with overlapping activities using Dependency Structure Matrix ( DSM ). We first introduce the overlapping index to represent the degree of overlapping between activities in a project. We then present a solution procedure to calculate the project duration using DSM. Finally, an illustrative example is presented to verify the proposed approach. The result shows that the proposed approach can obtain shorter project duration compared with the traditional PERT method.

关键词： Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) Overlapping Index Project Duration Project Management Project Scheduling

作者: Guo Yuntao Xu Jichao Bai Sijun

作者单位: School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xian P.R.China, 710072 Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou P.R.China, 450007

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第十四届工业工程与工程管理国际会议(The Proceedings of The 14th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management IE&EM2007)

会议地点: 天津

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2007-10-20（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）