A CP-BASED OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR CONSTRUCTION RESCHEDULING PROBLEMS

  • Shu-Shun Liu (Department of Construction Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kuo-Chuan Shih (Graduate School of Engineering Science and Technology, National Yunin University of Science and Technology)
  • Published : 2005.10.16

Abstract

It is essential for project managers to make schedule adjustment based on their professional experience, in terms of rescheduling action discussed in this paper. This paper discusses the topics of resource-constrained construction rescheduling by modifying the concepts of manufacturing rescheduling. Moreover, the influence factors of construction rescheduling problems are investigated and identified in this paper. According to initial schedule plan and present progress, a new rescheduling mechanism based on Constraint Programming (CP) techniques is developed to reschedule projects with the objective of minimizing total project cost or duration, under three rescheduling policies. Through case study, the behavior of three different rescheduling policies is analyzed and discussed in this paper.

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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank the National Science Council of the Republic of China, Taiwan for financially supporting this research under Contract No. NSC93-2211-E-224-025.