Figure 1. Network diagram for m × n repetitive activities
Figure 2. Estimating the number of paths for m × n repetitive activities
Figure 3. Critical path estimation procedure for PERT network
Figure 4. Case study: network diagram
Table 1. Number of paths for m × n repetitive activities
Table 2. The effect of standard deviation (σ) and target time (TT) on most-likely critical path
Table 3. List of processes and zones for case study
Table 5. Case study: activities, durations, and predecessors
Table 6. Case study: Pr(TE>TT) for five longest paths
Table 4, Case study: list of alternative paths
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