Measuring cash flow and overdraft for fuzzy project networks with overlapping activities. Issue 4 (19th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yu, Min-Chun; Dang, Van-Loi; Yeh, Hui-Chung
• Is Part Of: Journal of civil engineering and management. Volume 23:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 487
• Page End: 498
• Publication Date: 2017-05-19
• Subjects: project management -- cash flow analysis -- project overdraft -- fuzzy sets; Civil engineering -- Periodicals; Civil engineering; Periodicals; 624.05
• DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2016.1210215
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1822-3605

Abstract

Abstract: Overlapping activities with imprecise durations to accelerate schedules has an impact on scheduling a construction project. The project may need to be rescheduled to suit the available overdraft limitation rather than to adopt the least total cost schedule. However, past research has seldom conducted a risk analysis on the project cash flow and overdraft requirements for projects with overlapping activities in a fuzzy environment. This research uses fuzzy DSM-based scheduling and proposes an algorithm to calculate the cash flow and overdraft at different risk levels. A numerical example is illustrated to demonstrate the algorithm's effectiveness.