Fuzzy critical path method based on statistical data

Author

Lin, Feng-Tse

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Math., Chinese Culture Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1245

Lastpage

1250

Abstract

The purpose of the CPM (critical path method) is to identify critical activities on the critical path of activity networks. Activity networks are used for performance evaluation of certain types of projects. The deterministic version of the CPM algorithm has been well known for many years. However, the vagueness of the time parameters in the problem has led to the development of fuzzy CPM. In our study, we are interested in studying how to manage an unknown problem that could occur in practical situations. We propose an approach based on past statistical data to introduce the vagueness information into the classical CPM and also to discuss the meaning for solving the fuzzy CPM in practical situations. The main interest of this study is that the fuzzy CPM based on statistical data is an extension of the crisp CPM

Keywords

critical path analysis; fuzzy set theory; project management; statistics; activity networks; critical activities; fuzzy critical path method; performance evaluation; statistical data; time parameters; unknown problem; vagueness information; Design methodology; Fuzzy sets; Mathematics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fuzzy Systems, 2002. FUZZ-IEEE'02. Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7280-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUZZ.2002.1006682

Filename

1006682