Journal articles: 'Project evaluation techniques'

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Bower, Douglas C., and Andrew D. Finegan. "New approaches in project performance evaluation techniques." International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2, no. 3 (June 19, 2009): 435–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17538370910971072.

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Nordlinger, Christopher W. "Project evaluation techniques for investment in LDCs." Telecommunications Policy 9, no. 2 (June 1985): 170–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0308-5961(85)90040-0.

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Mazur, George D., Wayne Sarasua, and Janice Daniel. "Multimodal Transportation Planning Tool for Rural Areas in Georgia." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1552, no. 1 (January 1996): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196155200107.

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A process under development at the Georgia Institute of Technology to standardize, enhance, and automate planning and project evaluation for transportation projects in rural Georgia is described. The process will incorporate current statewide planning techniques in use at the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and additional sketch planning techniques that will use existing GDOT data. The purpose of this multimodal transportation planning tool (MMTPT) is to aid GDOT and local agencies in evaluating transportation requirements of rural areas and potential implementation constraints early in the planning process. The tool will include a system-level component to develop a prioritized list of projects by mode for a county and a project-level component to perform more detailed evaluations of roadway project alternatives and multimodal enhancements. The MMTPT will operate in a computerized hybrid system that uses expert system and conventional algorithmic programming techniques. Although organizational, management, and funding constraints that discourage multimodal planning are not overcome, the tool addresses the shortage of analytical planning techniques.

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Mattingly, Stephen G., R. Jayakrishnan, and Michael G. McNally. "Determining the Overall Value of Implemented New Technology in Transportation: Integrated Multiple Objective-Attribute Methodology." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1739, no. 1 (January 2000): 92–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1739-12.

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Two existing techniques are integrated and a methodology for evaluating transportation projects, especially complex projects that involve new technologies, is created. While integrating the multiattribute value function technique with the analytic hierarchy process, a new scaling approach is introduced through use of a linear scaling proxy. Additionally, the approach identifies an overall worth for a project. This overall worth provides decision makers with a quantitative value they can use to compare different projects or to estimate and compare hypothetical results. The methodology is demonstrated in a sample problem. The methodology’s application to the Anaheim field operational test is then described. Often, evaluations fail to look at all the potential areas a project may affect. This methodology simplifies the process for including institutional issues in the final results of an evaluation.

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Al-Azemi, Khalid Fahad, Ran Bhamra, and Ahmed F. M. Salman. "RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR BUILD, OPERATE AND TRANSFER (BOT) PROJECTS IN KUWAIT." JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 20, no. 3 (March 10, 2014): 415–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2013.802706.

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Successful implementation of build-operate-transfer (BOT), infrastructure projects is dependent on a full and thorough analysis of factors that include social, economic and political, amongst others. Alongside the financially focused evaluations, qualitative factors will also have a strong impact on the project and so require specific techniques for the analysis. This paper presents a new evaluation framework, based on the analytical hierarchy process technique, for use in assessing the most common and significant decision factors relating to risks in BOT projects. Consultations with an expert group identified a series of risk decision factors. The results produced twenty-eight critical Risk Factors, which have a particular impact on the risks of BOT projects. The project risk framework was constructed by classifying the factors into five categories. The framework was successfully validated using a BOT project case study. This research seeks to make a valuable contribution to the field by having developed and validated a new risk evaluation framework, focused on BOT projects in Kuwait.

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Luo, Xiao Jia. "Quality Detection Techniques and Assessment Method of Highway Projects." Advanced Materials Research 1046 (October 2014): 127–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1046.127.

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The foreign and domestic detection techniques of highway project are described firstly in this paper.Then the author analyzes the detection techniques of flatness,deflection and ground penetrating radar (GPR), and starting from the current national laws and regulations.This paper,in the light of current national laws and regulations, mainly discusses the quality assessment of highway projects from aspects of evaluation requirements,evaluation process and evaluation methods.I.Trace to the source of Detection Techniques and Assessment method of of Highway Projects

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ZIVKOVIC, MIRJANA, JELENA MARINKOVIC, BRANKA LEGETIC, PETAR PAUNOVIC, and ANDJELA VIDANOVIC. "Evaluation techniques for the Healthy School project in Yugoslavia." Health Promotion International 9, no. 2 (1994): 73–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/9.2.73.

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Yaakobi, Alon, Moshe Goresh, Iris Reychav, Roger McHaney, Lin Zhu, Hanoch Sapoznikov, and Yuval Lib. "Organisational project evaluation via machine learning techniques: an exploration." Journal of Business Analytics 2, no. 2 (July 3, 2019): 147–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2573234x.2019.1675478.

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Leu, Sou-Sen, and You-Che Lin. "Project Performance Evaluation Based on Statistical Process Control Techniques." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 134, no. 10 (October 2008): 813–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9364(2008)134:10(813).

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Remer, Donald S., Scott B. Stokdyk, and Mike Van Driel. "Survey of project evaluation techniques currently used in industry." International Journal of Production Economics 32, no. 1 (August 1993): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0925-5273(93)90013-b.

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Prasanna Kumar, D., A. Satish, and S. S. Asadi. "Evaluation of Water Resources Management in Construction Industry – A Model Study." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.7 (March 18, 2018): 1111. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.7.12301.

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Construction projects need to be executed to a prefixed time schedule and with the estimated cost according to the plan among all these before starting the project all we need to see was water resources if the resources are not available we cannot start the project. The research was developed in water resources management the techniques, limitations, the future purpose work the overview of all the methods need to be covered. Business have increased now a days to get the additional advantage to the construction project all we need to do was select the area which have surrounding water supplies, underground water level, occurrence of the rainfall all these conditions need to be considered before the construction of the project. While the construction of the project water treatment plants has to be constructed the water used for the household purpose can be reuse by fallowing the treatment techniques. Ground water recharge techniques also have to be implementing to increase the level. The water resource management gives extra benefit to the project the initial cost of these treatment plants will be more but in the future there will be more benefited. This paper describes and finds issues in the water resource management in construction projects and also taken many options of engineers, project managers, people who are living in the local area, site engineers, and irrigation officers. The gathered information from the questionnaire survey is analyzed in AHP Model and developed the importance of the alternatives derives from the issues. This will be helpful for the employees of construction project managers and also to the people who are wasting more water the techniques need to fallow and how to use them and how to treat them how to save water will be considered.

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Kowalski, Martin, Stephan Zelewski, and Daniel Bergenrodt. "Applying of an Ontology-driven Case-based Reasoning System in Logistics." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY 3, no. 2 (October 30, 2012): 347–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/ijct.v3i2c.2898.

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The management of logistics projects is a well known part of management science. But until now, purely quantitative and hard project management techniques like the critical path method and the project evaluation and review technique have been dominant. With this main stream approach, only simply structured logistics projects can normally be managed. The few attempts to use case-based reasoning (CBR) for project management failed up until now because of the difficulties when identifying those projects which contain useful, especially qualitative knowledge for the current logistics project. In this paper we present an ontology-driven case-based reasoning system (SCM Project Recommender), that can measure similarity between knowledge collections, which are written in natural language. The application is implemented using the open source CBR development framework jCOLIBRI.

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Bedient, Douglas, Duwayne C. Englert, and George S. Garoian. "Evaluation Techniques for Individualized Instruction: Development and Formative Testing." Journal of Educational Technology Systems 14, no. 2 (December 1985): 149–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/2b76-x8n1-kxvn-fydt.

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The current mammoth increase in knowledge makes it challenging to include all information which faculty members label as necessary in any course — particularly in science. Thus, the project was designed to enable students to learn some important concepts independently of lecture and laboratory activities, and time saved could then be reallocated to other information which had not previously been included in the course. This article describes the evaluation process used to gather formative data about the units being developed, and makes recommendations for similar future projects. Information and data used for summative evaluation will be presented in a subsequent article.

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Simion, Marius, Gabriela Vasile, Cristina Dinu, and Roxana Scutariu. "CPM and PERT techniques for small-scale R&D projects." SIMI 2019, SIMI 2019 (September 20, 2019): 166–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.21698/simi.2019.fp22.

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Contemporary Project Management has conceived tools based on mathematical models for planning, scheduling and controlling the projects, the costs and resources. Critical Path Method (CPM) and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) are two network-based methods which were independently developed to assist the project managers in order to schedule complex real-life projects. A scheduling of a small-scale R&D project using these optimization time-oriented methods was accomplished. In many models of project network some activities are closely related to each other such as procurement activities of basic resources and research activities. If this precedence relationship is on the critical path, that means without no event slack or float time for activities, then some procurements delay may cause lag in the project’s completion time. Thus a good estimation for procurement and research activities duration is needed for a Just-in-Time project.

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Johns, Craig Michael, Nathan Kimber, Janet Howieson, and Meredith Lawley. "Evaluating the outcomes of VCA-led improvement projects." British Food Journal 118, no. 12 (December 5, 2016): 2997–3011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-03-2016-0126.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the potential benefits of value chain analysis (VCA) improvement projects by evaluating their effectiveness for all chain members. Design/methodology/approach The study uses an action research approach to extend VCA methodology by implementing an improvement project developed through the VCA process, and the subsequent evaluation of this project using a combination of techniques. Findings The paper addressed a key research gap around the evaluation of improvement projects and has shown that the implementation of VCA, both as a guiding framework for developing interventions and a basis for evaluating their effectiveness, can provide significant benefits to all industry stakeholders. Research limitations/implications The research focussed on evaluating the outcomes of a single project within an industry case study. While the diversity in different industry structures and the range of improvement projects possible makes it difficult to generalise the findings, the methodology and evaluation options make a valuable practical and theoretical contribution. Practical implications The case study highlights the advantages of improvement projects guided by VCA and offers a variety of evaluation options for both private and public sector VCA practitioners. Originality/value This study is one of the very few to evaluate the implementation of activities identified during the diagnostic phase of an agribusiness VCA.

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Deng, Binchao, Dongjie Zhou, Jiachen Zhao, Yilin Yin, and Xiaoyu Li. "Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation of the Critical Success Factors for the Sustainability of Public Private Partnership Projects in China." Sustainability 13, no. 5 (February 26, 2021): 2551. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13052551.

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Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects have attracted wide attention from academia and industry over the past 20 years, however, they have been plagued by certain factors. This study identified, classified, and evaluated the success factors that may affect PPP projects for achieving sustainability. First, a list of 32 critical success factors were categorized into 3 groups, then a questionnaire survey was conducted, with 108 responses received from experts, researchers, and PPP project managers in China. Second, using a fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE) method, stakeholder relationships (A1–A10), external environmental (B1–B8), and project management of a special purpose vehicle (C1–C14) collected data at three different factor group locations in PPP projects were used in this evaluation. The results obtained nine top factors: private sector financing capacity, government credit, government commitment or guarantee, completeness of legal framework, available financial markets, the feasibility study report and implementation, effectiveness of risk management, project investment, and cost control and revenue distribution. It was demonstrated that fuzzy synthetic evaluation techniques are quite appropriate techniques for PPP projects. The research findings should impact on policy development towards PPP and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project governance.

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Abou Chakra, Hadi, and Amina Ashi. "Evaluation of Risk Indicators and Techniques in Construction Project Management." Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 14, no. 5 (May 15, 2017): 170–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.19026/rjaset.14.4286.

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Cassar Agius, E., and S. Naylor. "Breast compression techniques in screening mammography – A Maltese evaluation project." Radiography 24, no. 4 (November 2018): 309–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2018.03.007.

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Bermudez Peña, Anié, José Alejandro Lugo García, and Pedro Yobanis Piñero Pérez. "Sistema de inferencia borroso basado en redes adaptativas para la evaluación de proyectos." Ingenieria y Universidad 19, no. 2 (July 30, 2015): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.iyu19-2.sdib.

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In this article, a set of key management indicators related to performance of execution, planning, costs, effectiveness, human resources, data quality, and logistics, are considered for the evaluation of a project. Several automated tools support project managers in this task. However, these tools are still insufficient to accurately assess projects in organizations with continuous improvement management styles and with presence of uncertainty in the primary data. An alternative solution is the introduction of soft computing techniques, allowing gains in robustness, efficiency, and adaptability in these tools. This paper presents an adaptivenetwork- based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) to optimize projects evaluation made with the Xedro-GESPRO tool. The implementation of the system allowed the adjustment of fuzzy sets parameters in the inference rules for the assessment of projects, based on the automatic calculation of indicators. The contribution of this research lies in the application of ANFIS soft computing technique to optimize the evaluation of projects integrated with the management tool. The results contribute to the improvement of existing decision-making support tools into organizations towards project-oriented production.

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Malik, Mohammed. "Critical Evaluation of Hazards Operability Versus Safety Integrity Risk Analysis Techniques." International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management 7, no. 1 (January 2018): 37–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijrcm.2018010103.

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Many companies follow very systematic methodology for carrying out execution of Mega projects. Project risks are identified, analyzed and proposed mitigation actions are identified and agreed upon. This activity is carried out in Project Risk Workshop. While SIL and HAZOP workshops are broadly related to the process design. HAZOP technique is a highly disciplined and systematic in nature; it attempts to identify how a process may deviate from the design intent. The emphasis in the HAZOP study is on identifying potential problems, not necessarily solving them. SIL studies is a specialized area of Instrumentation and Control systems. The requirement for the safety instrumented system (SIS) is defined by SIL Levels. It identifies and analyzes layers of protection of major process upsets and emergencies. The SIL requirement tells how reliable a safety instrumented function needs to be. SIL determination and verification are part of inherent plant design for a chemical plant. This short article discusses these key concepts one by one and addresses their correlation with one another.

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Oad, Pardeep Kumar, Stephen Kajewski, Arun Kumar, and Bo Xia. "Bid Evaluation and Assessment of Innovation in Road Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature Review." Civil Engineering Journal 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 179–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/cej-2021-03091646.

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Objectives: This paper present a thorough understanding of bid evaluation process and assessment of innovation in road construction industry. Methods/Analysis: The research articles reviewed are based on topics of bid evaluation process, evaluation of bids in road construction industry, the indicators and techniques of bids evaluation, process of Bid evaluation in countries, innovation in road industry, and indicators of innovation in the context of road construction industry. Findings: It is widely accepted that projects related to the road construction must be accomplished in an organized manner. Literature indicates that the road constructing demands from customers and competition of assessing and evaluating tenders have been increasing rapidly. Novelty /Improvement: Challenges in developing suitable roads contribute to the inconsistency in the industry and directly demands towards physical work on a road construction project, nevertheless, a failure to accurately assessment of tenders can lead to complications for the whole project and road Construction Company. The selection of a suitable construction contractor’s surges likelihoods of successful achievement of a road construction project. This may also achieve the customer goals, and retain the project schedule on time, within the budget and achieve high quality project. Doi: 10.28991/cej-2021-03091646 Full Text: PDF

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Erzaij, Kadhim Raheim, Wadhah A. Hatem, and Baydaa Hussain Maula. "Applying Intelligent Portfolio Management to the Evaluation of Stalled Construction Projects." Open Engineering 10, no. 1 (June 10, 2020): 552–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eng-2020-0064.

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AbstractMuch research in the construction industry is based on the concept of a unique project; hence, such concepts (or philosophy) present the construction project as a unit of analysis for the entire completion process that is usually delivered independently. Most decision support tools in construction have been designed at the project level rather than for construction institutions that often implement many projects simultaneously. Typically, these projects have common objectives that create dependencies among them. Then, the success of one project depends on other projects and the existing interrelationships among them. Thus, construction institutions still need to deal with their projects from a portfolio perspective,which requires strategic management at a portfolio level. This paper employs resource management techniques to allocate resources to manage construction portfolios. A case study targeted strategic decision making about financing projects that have stalled. The final recommendation of this paper is to use development and planning software to serve and support strategic decisions in institutions with concurrent stalled projects.

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Monjezi, Nasim, Mohammad Javad Sheikhdavoodi, Hasan Zakidizaji, Afshin Marzban, and Mahmood Shomeili. "Operations Scheduling of Sugarcane Production Using Classical GERT Method (Part I: Land Preparation, Planting and Preserve Operations)." Journal of Agricultural Studies 3, no. 2 (May 11, 2015): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jas.v3i2.7420.

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Analysis and evaluation of agricultural systems use these criteria: energy, economic, agronomy, environmental conservation and time. Because of time importance indicator for reducing timeliness cost, project scheduling techniques are used. Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT) is widely used as a tool for managing projects. In this research GERT Networks were used and operations scheduling of sugarcane production (land preparation, planting and preserve operations) in Khuzestan province of Iran as a case study was analysed, by using WinQsb software. Critical activities, events and path were determined. The earliest project completion time is 214.03 days. The results show a high potential for operations scheduling of sugarcane production.

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Asadi, Pezhman, Javad Rezaeian Zeidi, Toraj Mojibi, Abdolreza Yazdani-Chamzini, and Jolanta Tamošaitienė. "PROJECT RISK EVALUATION BY USING A NEW FUZZY MODEL BASED ON ELENA GUIDELINE." Journal of Civil Engineering and Management 24, no. 4 (June 29, 2018): 284–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/jcem.2018.3070.

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The complexity and dynamics of the executive projects have coped contractors with substantial hazards and losses. Project risk management is a critical tool for authority to improve its performance and secure the success of the organization. However, a number of standards and approaches have been developed to formulate the projects based on their risks. The Elena guideline is a systematic standard developed by Iran Project Management Association. This guideline provides the full cycle of the risk management process. Risk evaluation is the key part of the risk management process. On the other hand, different techniques have been developed to model a risk evaluation problem. Fuzzy inference system is one of the most popular techniques that is capable of handling all types of the uncertainty involved in projects. This paper proposes a three-stage approach based on the fuzzy inference system under the environment of the Elena guideline to cope with the risky projects. Finally, an illustrative example of the risk evaluation is presented to demonstrate the potential application of the proposed model. The results show that the proposed model evaluates the risky projects efficiently and effectively.

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Yadegari, Davoud, and Soroush Avakh Darestani. "Supplier evaluation with order allocation in mega-projects." Management Research Review 44, no. 8 (February 22, 2021): 1157–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mrr-04-2020-0220.

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a model for evaluating, prioritizing and allocating orders to suppliers in the supply chain for mega-projects. Design/methodology/approach By using an integrated model (based on fuzzy analytic network process), suppliers are selected and the appropriate amounts are allocated to them in mega-projects. Initially, a hierarchical model of the research method was introduced. Then, the results on reliability and validity analysis of research measurement tools were presented. Finally, prioritization and allocation of orders to suppliers, with a case study of Iran Mall project, was carried out using Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and analytic network process (ANP). T-test was used to evaluate the research hypotheses. Findings The findings were examined against conventional numerical analysis techniques. Finally, implication and recommendations for future work were presented. Originality/value The originality of this work is about using multi-criteria decision-making techniques for evaluating suppliers in mega-projects.

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Ballesteros-Pérez, Pablo, Alberto Cerezo-Narváez, Manuel Otero-Mateo, Andrés Pastor-Fernández, Jingxiao Zhang, and Mario Vanhoucke. "Forecasting the Project Duration Average and Standard Deviation from Deterministic Schedule Information." Applied Sciences 10, no. 2 (January 16, 2020): 654. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10020654.

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Most construction managers use deterministic scheduling techniques to plan construction projects and estimate their duration. However, deterministic techniques are known to underestimate the project duration. Alternative methods, such as Stochastic Network Analysis, have rarely been adopted in practical contexts as they are commonly computer-intensive, require extensive historical information, have limited contextual/local validity and/or require skills most practitioners have not been trained for. In this paper, we propose some mathematical expressions to approximate the average and the standard deviation of a project duration from basic deterministic schedule information. The expressions’ performance is successfully tested in a 4100-network dataset with varied activity durations and activity durations variability. Calculations are quite straightforward and can be implemented manually. Furthermore, unlike the Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), they allow drawing inferences about the probability of project duration in the presence of several critical and subcritical paths with minimal additional calculation.

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Cassia, Adalberto Ramos, André Felipe Librantz, Ivanir Costa, Mauro de Mesquita Spinola, and Erika Midori Kinjo. "Risk Evaluation in Software Project Using Bayesian Network Modeling." Research, Society and Development 9, no. 11 (November 27, 2020): e58991110116. http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i11.10116.

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Project risk events are often influenced by each other and rarely act independently. In this context, effective methods to identify, model and analyze these risks are necessary. The objective of this article is to apply the risk analysis in a software development project, based on the model of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), using the Bayes model to calculate the event probabilities and also the Noisy-OR calculation structure to assign the initial weights of the network of factors that influence the project. In this way, it is expected to increase the chances of success of the risk analysis process. The results obtained by the techniques adopted prove to be promising in assisting the process of decision making by the managers of software development projects.

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BURCAR DUNOVIC, Ivana, Mladen RADUJKOVIC, and Mladen VUKOMANOVIC. "INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RISK BASED ASSESMENT AND EVALUATION FOR THE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS." JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 22, no. 5 (May 17, 2016): 673–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2015.1128479.

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The level of sensitivity to project success of large infrastructure projects is significantly greater in front-phase than in execution phase. Yet, due to focus on execution phase, methods for project assessment and on-going evaluation during front phases are insufficiently developed. On the other hand, risk management approaches has been moved from risk management towards holistic uncertainty management which is the most beneficial in front end phase of the project. This research identifies that majority of methods and techniques available does not support uncertainty management concept. The purpose of this paper is to develop and new method for risk based project assessment and evaluation integrating risk impact modelling using cumulative distribution curves (CDC) and multi-criteria project evaluation approach. Research is based on in-depth risk analysis of 15 large infrastructure projects using risk model of components and characteristics. The conclusion of the paper is verification and validation of method that combines qualitative and quantitative analysis using risk components, risk breakdown structure, AHP method and risk impact modelling using cumulative distribution curves (CDC) for internal and external risk based assessment and evaluation of large infrastructure projects.

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Pienaar, W. J. "Guidlines for the choice of economic public infrastructure projects." Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie 21, no. 2 (September 28, 2002): 47–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/satnt.v21i2.227.

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This article provides guidelines for selecting public infrastructure projects based on economic criteria. Project evaluation, selection and prioritisation criteria are listed, followed by a description of the way in which the result of each evaluation technique should be interpreted. Criteria that should be adhered to in the selection of mutually exclusive projects and the prioritisation of functionally independent projects in order to maximise net social benefit in the long run are supplied. Application of the proposed investment decision rules is illustrated through the use of examples. Two techniques are proposed that can be used as additional decision-making instruments when evaluated projects show similar degrees of long-term economic viability.

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Thipparat, Thoedtida. "Energy Evaluation of Highway Construction Using Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques." Advanced Materials Research 433-440 (January 2012): 3873–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.433-440.3873.

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Most construction activities are carried out with heavy machinery. In the process of construction, energy is directly consumed by using construction machinery. Energy consumption of construction machinery can vary according to the scale, the deterioration of machinery, the difficulty of operating machinery, the ability of construction personnel to work, and the working condition. An approach for construction managers to assess the effect of these factors on the energy consumption is rarely deployed. Current methods depend mainly on the experience and subjective judgment of the project managers, who may be unfamiliar with the impact of these factors on energy consumption of construction machinery, and thus, often times produces inaccurate results. This paper presents a model that utilizes historical data and experts’ knowledge, and employs fuzzy set concept for assessing the factors having the impact on energy consumption of construction machinery. Based on the model, a fuzzy reasoning knowledge-based energy evaluating system is proposed. A case study involving highway construction projects implemented in two geographic areas with different working environments is presented to illustrate the salient features of the system that allows users to simulate experts’ judgment and to demonstrate the capability and effectiveness of the system that can assist contractors to better estimate energy consumption of construction machinery for highway construction projects.

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Kissi, Ernest, Kofi Agyekum, Bernard Kofi Baiden, Reuben Agyei Tannor, George Effah Asamoah, and Emmanuel Tweneboah Andam. "Impact of project monitoring and evaluation practices on construction project success criteria in Ghana." Built Environment Project and Asset Management 9, no. 3 (July 15, 2019): 364–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bepam-11-2018-0135.

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Purpose Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of projects is a very important aspect of project execution and management. This is because proper M&E practices have a significant effect on the successful delivery of projects. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of project M&E practices on construction project success criteria. Design/methodology/approach Structured questionnaires were used to solicit the views of project professionals in the Ghanaian construction industry. The questions were developed through critical review of literature and complemented with a pilot interview on the subject. This paper utilized a partial least square–structural equation modeling (PLS–SEM) to establish the impact of project M&E practices (constructs) on project success based on the hypothesis. Findings Results showed that M&E practices had a positive statistical significant relationship with construction project success criteria. In addition, health and safety performance and project scope showed a strong significant relation with M&E practice, implying that, in developing countries, these two main constructs should be given critical attention in achieving project success. Practical implications The findings of this study may be useful to organizations in determining M&E techniques that are relevant and contribute highly to project success. This may go a long way to increase productivity and accelerate the rate of successful project delivery. Originality/value The application of rigorous analysis, PLS–SEM, gives a more reliable information on M&E practices that can ensure successful delivery of construction projects.

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Dart, J. "Evaluation for farming systems improvement: looking backwards, thinking forwards." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 45, no. 6 (2005): 627. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea03249.

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Based on personal reflection, this paper presents program evaluation as a vehicle to bring about better project results and perhaps even a better world. New paradigm approaches to farming systems improvement feature multiple collaborators in work that is increasingly participatory, process-oriented and diverse in outcome. This is often accompanied by pressure for rapid feedback and dialogue. Conventional objectives-based evaluation methods are insufficient to capture the range of unanticipated outcomes that this work may produce, and may be incompatible with a participatory ethos. In the contemporary farming systems improvement context, evaluation is most valuable when it has short-cycles and fosters reflection. Two contrasting techniques that offer promise for meeting these needs are the most significant change technique, and participatory approaches to program logic. Presenting a radical departure from conventional monitoring against quantitative indicators, most significant change technique involves the regular collection and participatory interpretation of ‘stories’ about change rather than predetermined quantitative indicators. Program logic is the rationale behind a program or project — what are understood to be the cause and effect relationships between project activities, outputs, intermediate outcomes, and ultimate outcomes. When done in group situations, program logic offers many benefits by enabling participants to question the cause and effect assumptions to improve project design. These techniques can supplement traditional approaches; closing some of the information gaps identified by contemporary farming systems improvement work.

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Bakkoury, Zohra, Driss Ouazar, and Godfrey Walters. "EVAPRO: economic and financial evaluation of water supply projects." Journal of Hydroinformatics 6, no. 2 (March 1, 2004): 109–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2004.0010.

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The present paper describes a computer-based system for water supply project appraisal called EVAPRO, standing for EVAluation of water PROjects. The aim of EVAPRO is to facilitate economic and financial assessment of water supply projects under different investment and operating scenarios, and changes to initial system configuration. The software consists of automating the feasibility study of water projects using information about population and water demand forecasts, potential water resources, investment decisions, financial resources and water pricing policy. It embodies a set of tools, including linear programming techniques, numerical methods and financial calculations, and combines operational optimization with financial analysis to assess the feasibility of water supply projects.The software is intended for water production and distribution agencies and aims to assist engineers and decision-makers in water supply project evaluation and feasibility assessment.

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Razi, Faiz Ainur, and Wanda Wira Yudiarti. "Network Optimization of Packaging Water Factory "Aeta" by Using Critical Path Method (CPM) in Tirta Taman Sari Drinking Water Company, Madiun City." Jurnal Varian 4, no. 1 (September 29, 2020): 11–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.30812/varian.v4i1.834.

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Project management is a new thing with the development of two analytical techniques used for planning, scheduling, and decision making on projects to be carried out so that they can be carried out optimally and efficiently. These two analytical techniques are the Critical Path Method (CPM) and Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT). Network optimization for the project is very important for the production of with "Aeta" brand Bottled Mineral Water produced by drinking water company in Madiun. This optimization is carried out in order to find out the production schedule of bottled water, there are 4 packages produced namely cups, 1.5 L bottles, 600 ml bottles, and gallons. After scheduling using the Critical Path Method, ie bottled water production will be more profitable if more products are in Gallon packaging. Because the Gallon packaging will save time this happens because the Gallon packaging does not go through cardboard packaging.

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Ballesteros-Pérez, Pablo, Graeme D. Larsen, and Maria C. González-Cruz. "Do Projects really end late? On the shortcomings of the classical scheduling techniques." Journal of Technology and Science Education 8, no. 1 (March 16, 2018): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jotse.303.

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Many engineering projects fail to meet their planned completion dates in real practice. This a recurrent topic in the project management literature, with poor planning and controlling practices frequently cited among the most significant causes of delays. Unfortunately, hardly any attention has been paid to the fact that the classical scheduling techniques: Gantt chart, Critical Path Method (CPM), and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), may not be as fit for purpose as they seem. Arguably, because of their relative simplicity, these techniques are still almost the only ones taught nowadays in most introductory courses to scheduling in many engineering and management degrees. However, by utterly ignoring or inappropriately dealing with activity duration variability, these techniques provide optimistic completion dates, while suffering from other shortcomings. Through a series of simple case studies that can be developed with a few participants and common dice, a systematic critique of the classical scheduling techniques is offered. Discussion of the case studies results illustrate why limiting the contents of scheduling education and teaching can be detrimental, as the aforementioned classical scheduling techniques cannot not provide project managers with sufficient resources to effectively plan and control real projects.

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Bess, John Darrell, and Tatiana Ivanova. "Current overview of ICSBEP and IRPhEP benchmark evaluation practices." EPJ Web of Conferences 239 (2020): 18002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023918002.

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Two projects sanctioned by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) have over two decades of experience developing established and comprehensive data sets in handbooks supporting criticality safety and reactor physics. The International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) and the International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project (IRPhEP) serve as examples of quality and excellence in preserving our experimental data heritage and establishing integral benchmark standards upon which current and future modeling, validation, and safety efforts can be supported. Evaluation practices have evolved with each year of these projects to include additional benchmark experiment data, establish more comprehensive techniques for evaluation of uncertainties and biases, and encourage established high-quality peer-review efforts. This paper will summarize the current format of the handbooks, best-practices for a comprehensive benchmark evaluation, recent activities and protocol within these projects, and a look into future identified needs and activities.

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Champathed, Kereboon, and Chuvej Chansa-ngavej. "Project Evaluation Trend in Thailand Based on Critical Factors Index." Information Management and Business Review 8, no. 5 (December 5, 2016): 6–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v8i5.1455.

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Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the recent trend of the use of project evaluation techniques based on opinions of financial managers in Thai firms. The research uses a questionnaire built on a Sense and Respond (S&R) method called Critical Factors Index (CFI). It examines the trend using such CFI terms as importance, experiences, expectations, gaps, deviations and direction of development. The results show several critical areas for improvement needed including customer perspective and the traditional use of payback technique for project evaluation in the firm. The results also show that the needed improvement is more critical in small firms than in medium and large firms. The results further show that the improvement needed is more critical for merchandizing firms than for manufacturing and service firms.

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Gultekin, Muaz, and Oya Kalipsiz. "Story Point-Based Effort Estimation Model with Machine Learning Techniques." International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 30, no. 01 (January 2020): 43–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218194020500035.

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Until now, numerous effort estimation models for software projects have been developed, most of them producing accurate results but not providing the flexibility to decision makers during the software development process. The main objective of this study is to objectively and accurately estimate the effort when using the Scrum methodology. A dynamic effort estimation model is developed by using regression-based machine learning algorithms. Story point as a unit of measure is used for estimating the effort involved in an issue. Projects are divided into phases and the phases are respectively divided into iterations and issues. Effort estimation is performed for each issue, then the total effort is calculated with aggregate functions respectively for iteration, phase and project. This architecture of our model provides flexibility to decision makers in any case of deviation from the project plan. An empirical evaluation demonstrates that the error rate of our story point-based estimation model is better than others.

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Shi, Lei, Linda Newnes, Steve Culley, and Bruce Allen. "Modelling, monitoring and evaluation to support automatic engineering process management." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 232, no. 1 (August 12, 2016): 17–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954405416654101.

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Process management is considered to be an essential approach to improve the performance of an enterprise. The process of an engineering project is considered to be a formalised workflow accompanied by a set of decisions. With decisions being made by taking account of information from various sources, the operation and management of modern engineering projects has to deal with increasing amounts of dynamic and changing project information. Understanding and interpreting this information for use in process management can generate challenges in practice. This might be caused by constraints of time and resource, the distributed structure of the information and a lack of modelled domain knowledge. To address these challenges, the research described in this paper focuses on techniques that support automation of the process management of engineering projects, from a data-driven perspective. The research includes elements of process modelling, monitoring and evaluation of such projects, through a proposed automatic process analysis system. The proposed system works with live and historical data. Within this paper, the design and implementation of the system is described. The use of techniques such as autonomic computing, data mining and KM technologies are shown, and the system functionality is demonstrated through the use of a dataset from an aerospace organisation.

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Segelod, Esbjörn. "A note on the survey of project evaluation techniques in major corporations." International Journal of Production Economics 54, no. 2 (January 1998): 207–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0925-5273(97)00145-x.

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Hadi-Vencheh, A., and A. Yousefi. "Selecting Six Sigma project: a comparative study of DEA and LDA techniques." International Journal of Lean Six Sigma 9, no. 4 (October 8, 2018): 506–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlss-11-2016-0067.

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Purpose Nowadays, most of the organizations have focused through the world on Six Sigma to reduce the costs, improve the productivity and enhance concerned individuals’ satisfaction, especially customers’ satisfaction. Annually, these organizations define and execute thousands of Six Sigma projects which involve a great deal of investments. But are all of these projects successful and do the organizations benefit from the above advantages? The purpose of this study is to proposing a methodology to to answer this question that: How can we reduce the risk of failure in Six Sigma projects? The first step to reduce the risk of failure in Six Sigma projects is selecting optimal ones which have the most profits and the least expected risks. Design/methodology/approach First, the effective criteria are recognized and defined in selecting Six Sigma projects. Then, a new data envelopment analysis (DEA) model is proposed for project selection process. A real example is resolved by the presented model. Finally, the authors use linear discriminate analysis (LDA) to examine the validity of obtained results from the proposed model. Findings The results show that the proposed model is a suitable tool for selecting Six Sigma Projects. The findings demonstrate that the selected projects by suggested integrated DEA model are those confirmed by LDA. Originality/value The paper, using a real case study, provides a mathematical model to enhance decision quality in Six Sigma project selection. Applying the specific DEA model is remarkable itself, which joined to a pioneering procedure to use LDA to validity evaluation of the results.

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Ehsan Allah Zeyghami, Hossein Kheyraie, S. Mohammad Mirhosseini,. "PROPOSING A COMPREHENSIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR CONTRACTOR COMPANIES IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY USING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING TECHNIQUES AND FUZZY LOGIC." INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN INDUSTRY 9, no. 1 (March 10, 2021): 569–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/itii.v9i1.172.

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Project portfolio management is an integrated way to achieve the strategic goals of the organization through the evaluation, prioritization, selection and management of projects, plans and other related tasks based on their involvement in the organization’s strategies and goals. Contractor companies in construction industry, that have different strategic goals and projects, always face high uncertainties in their projects; But they all have one thing in common, which it is not possible for them to implement all projects at the same time due to the limitations of resources (financial resources, human resources, equipment and machinery); Therefore they should try to achieve their strategic goals by identifying, evaluating, prioritizing and selecting the right projects by using portfolio management processes. Mentioning this necessity, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive and realistic model for portfolio management of contractor companies in construction industry. So that each construction company with its unique strategic goals and constraints, can apply it. The proposed model has three basic steps of project identification, evaluation and selection; In the first step, all the organization’s strategic goals, criteria and projects of the organization are identified, then in the second step, using a combination of AHP and SAW methods and fuzzy logic, a multi-objective decision problem to prioritizing projects based on goals (Each goal represents a group) is addressed; finally in the third stage, using the event tree (ET) method, all possible scenarios from the project’s combinations (probable portfolios) are identified and according to the limitations and points of each scenario , the best scenarios are selected.

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Coetzee, Jos, Frederik J. Mostert, and Jan Hendrik Mostert. "The management process of project risk in South Africa." Corporate Ownership and Control 8, no. 2 (2011): 285–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv8i2c2p5.

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As enterprises need to remain financially viable and competitive in a business environment which changes continuously, projects are of prime importance to assist the transformation process. Executive managers should therefore play a proactive role by handling project risks during the project life cycle to ensure the successful completion of projects. The objective of this research embodies the improvement of financial decision-making concerning the management of project risk. To achieve this objective, attention is paid, amongst others, to the project life cycle, the importance, duration and re-evaluation of the phases of the management process of project risk, the techniques used to identify, as well as analyse project risks, and alternative response strategies used when handling project risk. The various aspects mentioned will be addressed by means of a literature study and an empirical survey.

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Pulaski, Michael H., Michael J. Horman, and M. Jeya Chandra. "Case Study Validation of the Continuous Value Enhancement Process." Journal of Green Building 1, no. 3 (August 1, 2006): 169–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.1.3.169.

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Sustainable building projects have levels of complexity over conventional building projects that challenge current project management tools at efficiently managing the rigors of sustainable projects. The Continuous Value Enhancement Process (CVEP) is a recently developed tool designed specifically for sustainable building projects. This project management tool enables project teams to systematically generate and evaluate project alternatives for meeting sustainable goals. The goal of this tool is to identify high performance solutions that increase levels of sustainability and improve project performance. CVEP was experimentally implemented and tested on four case study projects to evaluate its ability to support project management decision making in ways that elevate sustainability and project performance. Reported in this paper, the results show CVEP produced first cost and life cycle cost savings. In particular, the study confirms that CVEP has the capability to: 1.) Provide a systematic evaluation process, 2.) Collect high performance building solutions, and 3.) Be applicable to different project types. These results show that it is possible to employ targeted project management techniques, like CVEP, to improve the cost-effective provision of sustainable buildings.

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Rakesh Kumar, S., S. Muthuramalingam, and Fadi Al-Turjman. "Multimodal News Feed Evaluation System with Deep Reinforcement Learning Approaches." ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing 20, no. 1 (April 2021): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3414523.

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Multilingual and multimodal data analysis is the emerging news feed evaluation system. News feed analysis and evaluations are interrelated processes, which are useful in understanding the news factors. The news feed evaluation system can be implemented for single or multilingual language models. Classification techniques used on multilingual news analysis require deep layered learning techniques rather than conventional approaches. In this proposed work, a hierarchical structure of deep learning algorithms is implemented for making an effective complex news evaluation system. Deep learning techniques such as the Deep Cooperative Multilingual Reinforcement Learning Model, the Multidimensional Genetic Algorithm, and the Multilingual Generative Adversarial Network are developed to evaluate a vast number of news feeds. The proposed tech-niques collaborate in a pipeline order to build a deep news feed evaluation system. The implementation details project that the newly proposed system performs 5% to 12% better than the other news evaluation systems.

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Nkoi, Barinyima, Animia Ajor Wordu, and Fortune Worgu. "Project Evaluation Review Technique Model to Dredging Operations in Niger Delta." European Journal of Engineering Research and Science 4, no. 3 (March 28, 2019): 190–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejers.2019.4.3.1115.

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This research applies Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) model to estimate acceptable duration for execution of each activity having random variable of time and some probability distribution for sand dredging operation in Niger Delta. The study takes into account proper planning, scheduling, controlling and allotment of dredging activities time using a project network model PERT. The model evaluated how acceptable time and saving cost could be achieved in a scenario of activities having random time variables. Readily available data of activities time from 2014 – 2017 were used to analyze the time estimate for various activities at a selected dredge site Aleto-Eleme in Port Harcourt metropolis Rivers State-Nigeria. The PERT was applied for the data analysis, to construct the PERT scheme for the dredging operations. Finally, parametric control for project evaluation and review techniques of acceptable time for the dredging activities were determined.

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Vanhoucke, Mario, and Erik Demeulemeester. "The Application of Project Scheduling Techniques in a Real-Life Environment." Project Management Journal 34, no. 1 (March 2003): 30–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/875697280303400105.

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The scheduling of activities over time has gained increasing attention with the development of the critical path method (CPM) and the program evaluation and review technique (PERT). Since then, a large amount of solution procedures for a wide range of problem types have been proposed in the literature. Many of these procedures, however, are not able to solve real-life problems. In this paper we describe a capacity expansion project at a water production center (WPC) of the Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Watervoorziening (VMW) in Belgium. This project aims at expanding the production capacity of pure water. We show that scheduling the project with certain techniques will improve the financial status of the project. We illustrate this statement with different schedules.

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Breault, Michael R., and Simon Cleveland. "Toward Enterprise Approach for Project Portfolio Risk Management." International Journal of Information Technology Project Management 11, no. 2 (April 2020): 90–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.2020040106.

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Extant literature suggests that organizations struggle with risk evaluation as part of their project portfolio selection. The lack of intentional intervention on the part of portfolio leadership, risk management processes, and practices executed by individual projects may not support optimal risk management at the portfolio level. As a result, portfolio managers are tasked with the identification of common risks and opportunities across projects and are required to respond with strategies that are beyond the scope of a project manager's authority. To address the problem, this study identifies the gaps in the extant literature in portfolio approaches to project risk management, recommends techniques for managing common project risks collectively at the portfolio level, and emphasizes the role of the organization in fostering effective risk management at the project level, particularly in the realm of data governance.

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Carpenter, Sandra. "Content Analysis Project for Research Novices." Teaching of Psychology 25, no. 1 (January 1998): 42–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15328023top2501_13.

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Students can utilize content analysis techniques to examine societal trends of stereotyping in the media. In this article, I describe the steps in such a research methodology and indicate criteria instructors may use for evaluation. Students believed the project developed and adequately measured their analytic, research, and organizational skills and increased their knowledge of social psychology.

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Mackenzie, Niall. "IT POINT: A public library IT demonstrator project." Library and Information Research 21, no. 67 (October 26, 2013): 12–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/lirg377.

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IT POINT was a 21-month project that brought public access to information technology and networks within a public library. Chelmsley Wood Library, Solihull, West Midlands, hosted the project under the guidance of the Libraries and Arts Department of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. The British Library Research and Innovation Centre (formerly BLRDD) funded the project. This article presents the research methodology employed for the evaluation of the project both internally and externally. It will examine the preparatory research, the initial evaluation methodology, the work of the external Evaluation Team and their difficulties and successes and how the evaluation techniques might have been refined.

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