A multicriteria heuristic method to improve resource allocation in multiproject scheduling

Optimizing Resource Allocation in a Portfolio of Projects Related to Technology Infusion Using Heuristic and Meta-Heuristic Methods

“…A multi-criteria heuristic method was developed by [Lova, Maroto and Tormos, 2000] that aims to improve resource allocation in multi-project scheduling. The method is divided into two phases.…”

“…Single-project settings have become rare in business today. A study was mentioned by [Lova, Maroto and Tormos, 2000], where a survey was performed in which one of the main results indicated that 84% of the companies emphasized that they usually deal with multiple projects. Other research indicate that managers usually deal with up to four projects at the same time [Maroto et al, 1999].…”

A genetic algorithm for the resource constrained multi-project scheduling problem

“…Several approaches of this class have been proposed in the literature, e.g., Fendley (1968), Kurtulus and Davis (1982), Kurtulus and Narula (1985), Dumond and Mabert (1988), Tsubakitani and Deckro (1990), Lawrence and Morton (1993), Wiley et al (1998), Ash (1999), Lova et al (2000), Shankar and Nagi (1996), and Mendes (2003).…”

The Trade Off Between Diversity and Quality for Multi-objective Workforce Scheduling

“…The resource constrained multiple project scheduling problem (rc-mPSP) [3] is less widely studied than the RCPSP. An rc-mPSP problem consists of several RCPSP problems that are not connected by precedence constraints, making the overall problem less time constrained than an equivalent RCPSP problem with the same tasks (and the extra precedence constraints).…”