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Network Control

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These techniques are particular applications of planning and control, having special application for non-routine operations such as projects in design, in product development, in construction and in maintenance. The more complex the operations or project, the more useful network control can be. A project is analysed into its component activities. The optimum relative scheduling of each is decided; as the actual work proceeds, failures to meet completion dates can be forecast and corrections made in good time; it is an essential part of the technique that any ‘change of plan’ decisions are made with the costs of the changes clearly determined in advance.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Birmingham, UK

    Colin F. Palmer M.Sc., C.Eng., M.B.I.M., M.I.Prod.E. (Lecturer in Quantitative Methods)

  2. Liverpool Polytechnic, UK

    Alexander E. Innes B.Sc. (Econ.) (Hons), D.P.A. (Lond.), Cert. Ed. (Leeds) (Senior Lecturer in Business Statistics)

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  1. Colin F. Palmer M.Sc., C.Eng., M.B.I.M., M.I.Prod.E.
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  2. Alexander E. Innes B.Sc. (Econ.) (Hons), D.P.A. (Lond.), Cert. Ed. (Leeds)
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© 1980 Colin F. Palmer and Alexander E. Innes

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Palmer, C.F., Innes, A.E. (1980). Network Control. In: Operational Research by Example. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16254-3_10

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