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On the complexity of project scheduling to minimize exposed time

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  • Pinker, Edieal
  • Szmerekovsky, Joseph
  • Tilson, Vera

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We consider project scheduling where the project manager’s objective is to minimize the time from when an adversary discovers the project until the completion of the project. We analyze the complexity of the problem identifying both polynomially solvable and NP-hard versions of the problem. The complexity of the problem is seen to be dependent on the nature of renewable resource constraints, precedence constraints, and the ability to crash activities in the project.

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  • Pinker, Edieal & Szmerekovsky, Joseph & Tilson, Vera, 2014. "On the complexity of project scheduling to minimize exposed time," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 237(2), pages 448-453.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:237:y:2014:i:2:p:448-453
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.02.013
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