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Notes on Combinatorial Mathematics: An Estimate of Expected Critical Path Length in PERT Networks

Title: Notes on Combinatorial Mathematics: An Estimate of Expected Critical Path Length in PERT Networks
Creator: Lindsey, John H.
Date: 1970
Identifier: AD0713946; AD0713946
Abstract: PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique), a much-used management control technique for scheduling and administering large projects, has been applied to numerous defense programs in which the problem of treating schedule uncertainties during the development phase is troublesome. This report supplies a new estimate of the expected time required to complete an entire project, assuming that the times required to carry out the various subprojects are uncertain. A method is described for obtaining an approximation of the expected duration time of a project whose individual job times are discrete random variables.
Date Issued: 1970-10
Extent: 36
Contract: F44620-67-C-0045
Distribution Conflict: No
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Distribution Classification: 1
DTIC Record Exists: Yes
Report Availability: Full text available by request
Corporate Author: RAND Corporation
Provenance: IIT
Type: report
Format: 36 pages ; 28 cm.