COMPARISON OF LINEAR SCHEDULING MODEL AND REPETITIVE SCHEDULING METHOD. DISCUSSION

A discussion of a prior paper with the aforementioned title by K.G. Mattila and A. Park, published in this journal (Volume 129, Number 1, January-February 2003), is presented. It is argued that the paper mistakenly treats the "controlling sequence," defined for the first time in Harris and Ioannou (1998) as a synonym for the critical path in the traditional critical path method (CPM), by stating that "the control points in the repetitive scheduling method (RSM) are used to define the controlling sequence of activities, the critical path in a CPM schedule, which in turn determines the project duration." Yet, the introduction of the controlling sequence and its differentiation from the traditional critical path is a main contribution of RSM and should be noted and recognized explicitly. By overlooking this key distinction, the paper ends with misleading results. The aim then herein is to correct these misunderstandings and clarify original definitions of the controlling sequence and critical activities in RSM.

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• Authors:
  • Ioannou, P G
  • Yang, I-T
• Publication Date: 2004-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 461-463
• Serial:
  • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
  • Volume: 130
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9364
  • EISSN: 1943-7862
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jcemd4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction engineering; Construction scheduling; Critical path method; Linear systems; Project management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Repetitive scheduling method
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00975220
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 10 2004 12:00AM