Open AccessA Generalized PERT/CPM Implementation in a Spreadsheet
Author(s) -
Kala Chand Seal
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
informs transactions on education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.161
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 1532-0545
DOI - 10.1287/ited.2.1.16
Subject(s) - critical path method , computer science , path (computing) , software engineering , operations research , systems engineering , engineering , programming language
This paper describes the implementation of the traditional PERT/CPM algorithm for finding the critical path in a project network in a spreadsheet. The problem is of importance due to the recent shift of attention to using the spreadsheet environment as a vehicle for delivering MS/OR techniques to end-users.
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