A maximum entropy approach leads to a truncated normal distribution for the activity time in PERT analysis. Three different methods of fit are discussed, and a comparison with the standard assumption of a Beta distribution is made. The results suggest new ways of performing the PERT analysis.
The Weibull probability distribution can be used as an alternative model for task time estimates in ...
AbstractThe completion times of a set of paths of a PERT network are expressed as a multivariate nor...
We discuss how maximum entropy methods may be applied to the reconstruction of Markov processes unde...
In order to validate the assumption of beta distributed activity durations in the PERT algorithm, a ...
The traditional PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) model uses beta distribution as the d...
This paper builds upon earlier work from the decision/risk analysis area in presenting simple, easy-...
The two standard steps for estimating PERT times are: Step 1, estimate a, in, and b; and Step 2, use...
Estimation of task and project completion times within IT projects remains one of the most error-pro...
PERT and Critical Path techniques are enjoying exceptionally broad application in industrial and mil...
<p>The Minimum, Mode and Maximum estimates used in the Pert distributions for the parameters of the ...
The first part of this dissertation is concerned with the study of the detailed structure of network...
The method of maximum entropy is used in order to drive the normal distributions of order $r$ (see [...
Entropy has a very important role in Statistics. In recent studies it can be seen that entropy start...
Permutation entropy (PE) is commonly used to discriminate complex structure from white noise in a ti...
Traditionally, the Method of (Shannon-Kullback's) Relative Entropy Maximization (REM) is considered ...
The Weibull probability distribution can be used as an alternative model for task time estimates in ...
AbstractThe completion times of a set of paths of a PERT network are expressed as a multivariate nor...
We discuss how maximum entropy methods may be applied to the reconstruction of Markov processes unde...
In order to validate the assumption of beta distributed activity durations in the PERT algorithm, a ...
The traditional PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) model uses beta distribution as the d...
This paper builds upon earlier work from the decision/risk analysis area in presenting simple, easy-...
The two standard steps for estimating PERT times are: Step 1, estimate a, in, and b; and Step 2, use...
Estimation of task and project completion times within IT projects remains one of the most error-pro...
PERT and Critical Path techniques are enjoying exceptionally broad application in industrial and mil...
<p>The Minimum, Mode and Maximum estimates used in the Pert distributions for the parameters of the ...
The first part of this dissertation is concerned with the study of the detailed structure of network...
The method of maximum entropy is used in order to drive the normal distributions of order $r$ (see [...
Entropy has a very important role in Statistics. In recent studies it can be seen that entropy start...
Permutation entropy (PE) is commonly used to discriminate complex structure from white noise in a ti...
Traditionally, the Method of (Shannon-Kullback's) Relative Entropy Maximization (REM) is considered ...
The Weibull probability distribution can be used as an alternative model for task time estimates in ...
AbstractThe completion times of a set of paths of a PERT network are expressed as a multivariate nor...
We discuss how maximum entropy methods may be applied to the reconstruction of Markov processes unde...
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