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Journal article with impact factorPublication Year
2020Journal
Computers and Industrial EngineeringPublication Volume
142Publication Issue
AprilPublication Begin page
1Publication End page
19
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This research presents a novel quantitative methodology to optimise the scheduling of subcontracted projects from the perspective of the contractor. Specifically, the scenario where the contractor’s remuneration is performance dependent is investigated. Based on the incentive methodology introduced by Kerkhove and Vanhoucke (2016), a novel mixed integer programming formulation as well as a greedy local search heuristic to solve the contractor’s problem are presented and tested in a computational experiment. For this experiment, a database containing 3,150 contract-project combinations with diverse structures has been created. The results from this experiment demonstrate the efficiency of the MIP formulation even for larger problem instances, as well as the influence of the project and contract structure on the contractor’s earnings.Knowledge Domain/Industry
Operations & Supply Chain Managementae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.cie.2020.106321