A combinatorial optimization solution for activity prioritizing problem

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Department of Energy Economics and Management, Petroleum University of Technology (PUT), Tehran, Iran

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This paper discusses a special situation in project management in which an analyst wants to prioritize several independent activities to handle all them one after another, in such a way that there are no precedence relationships over the activities. As a novel idea, in this research, the notion is that the structure of prioritized activities is a linear arrangement, and therefore it could be taken into account as a combinatorial optimization problem. The paper formulates a mathematical model, develops a row-generation solving procedure, and reports the computational results for the problem instances of size up to 300 activities. The results demonstrate the applicability and efficiency of the proposed methodology.

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Scientia Iranica
Volume 30, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Transactions on Industrial Engineering (E)
July and August 2023
Pages 1423-1434

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