Pollack Periodica
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Volume 14: Issue 1
Making engineering projects more thoughtful with the use of fuzzy value-based project planning
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László Pusztai University of Debrecen, Kassai u. 26, H-4028 Debrecen, Hungary

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Balázs Kocsi University of Debrecen, Kassai u. 26, H-4028 Debrecen, Hungary

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István Budai University of Debrecen Faculty of Engineering, Ótemető u. 2-4, H-4028 Debrecen, Hungary

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Pages:
25–34
Online Publication Date:
Apr 2019
Publication Date:
01 Apr 2019
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/606.2019.14.1.3
Keywords:
Fuzzy logic; Critical path method; Project management; fuzzy critical path method
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Generally, engineering projects are getting bigger and bigger and more complex to handle. Due to the developments of information technology, managers have the opportunity to plan the execution of their projects and calculate the critical paths of those projects precisely, regardless of the types and sizes of their projects. However, these indicators are not realistic; in many cases the predetermined partial-deadlines cannot be kept, therefore the end of the project must be postponed. The aim of the research is to modify the inputs of the critical path method with the application of fuzzy values. The use of fuzzy values in business planning can support project managers in building the uncertainty factor into their model.

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  • Bálint BACHMANN (Institute of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Jeno BALOGH (Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA)
  • Magdaléna BÁLINTOVÁ (Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Kosice. Kosice, Slovakia)
  • Radu BANCILA (Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Terrestrial Communications Ways, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, “Politehnica” University Timisoara, Romania)
  • Charalambos C. BANIOTOPULOUS (Department of Civil Engineering, Chair of Sustainable Energy Systems, Director of Resilience Centre, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, U.K.)
  • Oszkar BIRO (Graz University of Technology, Institute of Fundamentals and Theory in Electrical Engineering, Austria)
  • Ágnes BORSOS (Institute of Architecture, Department of Interior, Applied and Creative Design, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Matteo BRUGGI (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
  • Petra BUJŇÁKOVÁ (Department of Structures and Bridges, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Slovakia)
  • Anikó Borbála CSÉBFALVI (Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Smart Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Mirjana S. DEVETAKOVIĆ (Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia)
  • Adriana EŠTOKOVA (Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Kosice. Kosice, Slovakia
  • Fabrizio FINUCCI (Dipartimento di Architettura  Università Degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma, Italy)
  • Szabolcs FISCHER (Department of Transport Infrastructure and Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Architerture, Civil Engineering and Transport Sciences Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary)
  • Radomir FOLIC (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad Serbia)
  • Jana FRANKOVSKÁ (Department of Geotechnics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia)
  • Elena HELEREA (Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania)
  • Ákos HUTTER (Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Institute of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technolgy, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Károly JÁRMAI (Institute of Energy and Chemical Machinery, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics, University of Miskolc, Hungary)
  • Teuta JASHARI-KAJTAZI (Department of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Prishtina, Kosovo)
  • Xue KANG (Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Arts, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China)
  • Róbert KERSNER (Department of Technical Informatics, Institute of Information and Electrical Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Rita KISS (Biomechanical Cooperation Center, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary)
  • István KISTELEGDI (Department of Simulation Design, Institute of Architecture, Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary)
  • Imre KOCSIS (Department of Basic Engineering Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, Hungary)
  • László T. KÓCZY (Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Informatics and Electrical Engineering, University of Győr, Hungary)
  • Dražan KOZAK (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Slavonski Brod, Slavonski Brod, Croatia)
  • Balázs Géza KÖVESDI (Department of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Budapest University of Engineering and Economics, Budapest, Hungary)
  • Tomáš KREJČÍ (Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Jaroslav KRUIS (Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Miklós KUCZMANN (Department of Automations, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Informatics and Electrical Engineering, Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary)
  • Maria Jesus LAMELA-REY (Departamento de Construcción e Ingeniería de Fabricación, University of Oviedo, Spain)
  • János LÓGÓ (Department of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)
  • Frédéric MAGOULÉS (Department of Mathematics and Informatics for Complex Systems, Centrale Supélec, Université Paris Saclay, France)
  • Gabriella MEDVEGY (Department of Interior, Applied and Creative Design, Institute of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Barhm Abdullah MOHAMAD (Department of Petroleum, Control and Operation, Koya Technical Institute, Erbil Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq)
  • Tamás MOLNÁR (Department of Visual Studies, Institute of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Rad Majid MOVAHEDI (Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, Faculty of Architecture Civil Engineering and Transport Sciences, Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary
  • Ferenc ORBÁN (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Smart Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Zoltán ORBÁN (Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Smart Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Dmitrii RACHINSKIY (Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA)
  • Chro RADHA (Chro Ali Hamaradha) (Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Technical College of Engineering, Department of City Planning, Kurdistan Region, Iraq)
  • Maurizio REPETTO (Department of Energy “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
  • Olena SAVCHENKO (Department of Heat and Gas Supply and Ventilation, Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Systems, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine)
  • Zoltán SÁRI (Department of Technical Informatics, Institute of Information and Electrical Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)
  • Grzegorz SIERPIŃSKI (Department of Transport Systems and Traffic Engineering, Faculty of Transport, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland)
  • Zoltán SIMÉNFALVI (Institute of Energy and Chemical Machinery, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics, University of Miskolc, Hungary)
  • Andrej ŠOLTÉSZ (Department of Hydrology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia)
  • Hussein Kareem SULTAN (Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Al-Muthanna University, Samawa, Iraq)
  • Zsolt SZABÓ (Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary)
  • Mykola SYSYN (Chair of Planning and Design of Railway Infrastructure, Institute of Railway Systems and Public Transport, Technical University of Dresden, Germany)
  • Barry H. V. TOPPING (Heriot-Watt University, UK, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs, Hungary)

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