ABSTRACT 

Critical path scheduling is a well-developed tool for construction planning at the project level. A substantial amount of research has focused on adding probabilistic capabilities to the technique. Simulation-based methods are almost universally accepted as the most effective because of their modeling versatility and power. Some scheduling models based on simulation recognize correlation between activity durations and allow the probabilistic selection of paths within a network. Very few techniques, however, allow activity duration and sequencing to be defined in terms of the dynamic information that becomes available as a project evolves.

AVAILABILITY 

Martinez, J.C., Ioannou P.G., "State-Based Probabilistic Scheduling Using Stroboscope's CPM Add-On," Proceedings, Construction Congress V, 438-445, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 4-8, 1997

Deep Blue DOI: https://doi.org/10.7302/26737
ASCE CEDB: https://cedb.asce.org/CEDBsearch/record.jsp?dockey=0108244

AUTHORS 

Julio C. Martinez
Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0105, U.S.A.
e-mail: julio@vt.edu

Photios G. Ioannou
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2125, U.S.A.
e-mail: photios@umich.edu

KEYWORDS 

STROBOSCOPE, construction, simulation, modeling , animation,  activity scanning, CPM, PERT, probability, scheduling.