Heuristic method for multi-project finance-based scheduling

• Published in: Construction Management and Economics Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 199 - 211
• Main Author: Elazouni, Ashraf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis 01.02.2009; Taylor and Francis Journals; E. & F.N. Spon
• Series: Construction Management & Economics
• Subjects: Cash flow; Cash flow management; Comparative analysis; construction finance; financial management; Heuristic; Integer programming; Project management; Schedules; scheduling; Studies

A heuristic method is proposed for scheduling multiple projects subject to cash constraints. The heuristic determines cash availability during a given period, identifies all possible activities' schedules, determines the cash requirements for each schedule, ranks schedules based on the contribu...