Discrete particle swarm optimization method for the large-scale discrete time-cost trade-off problem

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2016-06-01

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Aminbakhsh, Saman
Sönmez, Rifat

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Despite many research studies have concentrated on designing heuristic and meta-heuristic methods for the discrete time-cost trade-off problem (DTCTP), very little success has been achieved in solving large-scale instances. This paper presents a discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) to achieve an effective method for the large-scale DTCTP. The proposed DPSO is based on the novel principles for representation, initialization and position-updating of the particles, and brings several benefits for solving the DTCTP, such as an adequate representation of the discrete search space, and enhanced optimization capabilities due to improved quality of the initial swarm. The computational experiment results reveal that the new method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods, both in terms of the solution quality and computation time, especially for medium and large-scale problems. High quality solutions with minor deviations from the global optima are achieved within seconds, for the first time for instances including up to 630 activities. The main contribution of the proposed particle swarm optimization method is that it provides high quality solutions for the time-cost optimization of large size projects within seconds, and enables optimal planning of real-life-size projects.

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Project management, Particle swarm optimization, Discrete time-cost trade-off problem, Construction projects

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/35775

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EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2015.12.041

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S. Aminbakhsh and R. Sönmez, “Discrete particle swarm optimization method for the large-scale discrete time-cost trade-off problem,” EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS, pp. 177–185, 2016, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/35775.