Redundancy Resource Allocation for Reliable Project Scheduling A Game-theoretical Approach》.pdf

Available online at ScienceDirect Procedia Computer Science 64 ( 2015 ) 265 – 273 Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems / International Conference on Project MANagement / Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, CENTERIS / ProjMAN / HCist 2015 October 7-9, 2015 Redundancy resource allocation for reliable project scheduling: A game-theoretical approach a b c M. Rohaninejad *, R. Tavakkoli-Moghaddam , B. Vahedi-Nouri aMAPSA Company, Project Management RD Department, Tehran, Iran bSchool of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Optimization Research Group, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran cDepartment of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran Abstract The redundancy allocation problem is among the most interesting and difficult problems in the system reliability design. In this paper this concept is considered to enhance reliability in projects network scheduling with stochastic activity duration. In order to determine the optimal manner of redundancy allocation, a new mathematical model is developed. Then, by simulating the problem in the form of a game-theoretical pattern, it is shown that the Nash-equilibrium points of the problem are very close to optimal solutions of original model. Therefore, an algorithmic approach is developed for the calculation of