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Al-Momani, A H (1996) Construction cost prediction for public school buildings in Jordan. Construction Management and Economics, 14(04), 311-7.

Bon, R and Yashiro, T (1996) Some new evidence of old trends: Japanese construction, 1960-1990. Construction Management and Economics, 14(04), 319-23.

Djebarni, R (1996) The impact of stress in site management effectiveness. Construction Management and Economics, 14(04), 281-93.

Handa, V K and Adas, A (1996) Predicting the level of organizational effectiveness: a methodology for the construction firm. Construction Management and Economics, 14(04), 341-452.

Low, S P and Tan, W (1996) Public policies for managing construction quality: the grand strategy of Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 14(04), 295-309.

Shammas-Toma, M, Seymour, D E and Clark, L (1996) The effectiveness of formal quality management systems in achieving the required cover in reinforced concrete. Construction Management and Economics, 14(04), 353-64.

Tsai, D M and Chiu, H N (1996) Two heuristics for scheduling multiple projects with resource constraints. Construction Management and Economics, 14(04), 325-40.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: delay; heuristic rules; multi-project scheduling; resource allocation; scheduling
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/014461996373403
  • Abstract:

    The purpose of this paper is to develop two efficient heuristic priority rules for the resource-constrained multiproject scheduling problem. The aptness of the two heuristic rules is analysed in terms of several dynamic characteristics of the scheduling problem. Fifteen heuristic rules presented in previous studies are used for comparison with the two heuristic rules on 4941 test problems which were generated by combining two, three or four projects from seven typical networks. The results indicate that the two proposed heuristics are superior to the other scheduling rules under the performance criteria of the minimum total project delay and the maximum number of times that a scheduling rule can obtain re the best representatives of the single priority rule method and the weighted combination search method, respectively. This study also includes a categorization process on which a project summary measure is based and then provides project schedulers with a convenient scheme to adopt appropriate scheduling rules.