Title : 
Critical Resources Identification in Constant Resource Constrained Projects
         
        
            Author : 
Cui, Wanan ; Qin, Jiajun ; Cao, Xiunin ; Yue, Chaoyuan ; Yin, Zheng
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper discusses the intuitive meanings of critical resource and gives its strict definition for the purpose of reducing project makespan. And then, an algorithm to identify critical resources is presented and the complexity of the proposed algorithm is analyzed. The results of a computational example manifest that we can shorten project makespan, decrease idle resources and improve the efficiency of resources utilization by increasing critical resources in some intervals.
         
        
            Keywords : 
critical path analysis; algorithm complexity; constant resource constrained projects; critical resources identification; intuitive meanings; Algorithm design and analysis; Chaos; Cybernetics; Delay; Investments; Management information systems; Processor scheduling; Project management; Resource management; Rivers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2006. SMC '06. IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Taipei
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-4244-0099-6
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
1-4244-0100-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384466