A network flow computation for project cost curves.

Expert InsightsPublished 1960

A network-flow method for solving the linear-programming problem of computing the least-cost curve for a project composed of many individual jobs, where it is assumed that certain jobs must be finished before others can be started. Each job has an associated crash completion time and a normal completion time, and the cost of doing the job varies linearly between these extreme times. Assuming that the entire project must be completed in a prescribed time interval, the author attempts to find job times that minimize the total project cost. The mehtod solves this problem for all feasible time intervals.

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  • Year: 1960
  • Pages: 2
  • Document Number: P-1947

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A network flow computation for project cost curves. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1960. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P1947.html.
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