Project Management Duration/Resource Tradeoff Analysis: an Application of the Cut Search Approach
提出一种基于割搜索方法的网络程序，用于在假设线性资源利用函数下，以最小额外资源消耗将项目工期从正常压缩至极限，帮助项目经理在工期与资源间做出权衡。
The paper presents an application oriented procedure for solving the project management duration/resource tradeoff problem. A procedure is presented for reducing a project from a normal to a crash duration state at a minimum amount of additional resource expenditure assuming a linear utilization functions. The procedure is network based using a graphical Cut Search Approach to locate the minimal resource level at each reduction in total project duration. Activity-on-arc networks and flow networks are utilized. The paper is presented for practical application and for conceptual development as compared to a theoretical treatment.