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On the temporal analysis of special GERT networks using a modified Markov renewal process

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In this paper we show how to represent a STEOR network (GERT network with only nodes of the “stochastic exclusive-or Type”) by a modified Markov renewal process. The computation of the renewal kernel of this process yields the temporal analysis of the network.

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Es wird gezeigt, wie ein STEOR-Netzplan (GERT-Netzplan, der nur Knoten vom Typ „stochastisch exklusiv-oder“ enthält) durch einen modifizierten Markowschen Erneuerungsprozeß beschrieben werden kann. Die Bestimmung der Erneuerungsfunktionen dieses Prozesses liefert die Auswertung des STEOR-Netzplans (im Sinne der Zeitplanung).

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  1. Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie und Operations Research, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstr. 12, D-7500, Karlsruhe 1

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Nicolai, W. On the temporal analysis of special GERT networks using a modified Markov renewal process. Zeitschrift für Operations Research 24, 263–272 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01919904

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