| Title |
Method of Transforming PDM Overlapping Relationships to BDM Overlapping Relationships in CPM Schedule |
| Authors |
Kim, Seon-Gyoo ; Yoo, Jae-Woo ; Ko, Dae-Gyu |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/KJCEM.2012.13.5.144 |
| Keywords |
CPM ; PDM ; BDM ; Overlapping ; Transform |
| Abstract |
The reason why most scheduling softwares currently using at construction projects adopt PDM (Precedence Diagramming Method) is that it can express an overlapping relationship between activities. However, the overlapping relationships in PDM are represented only by combinations of four overlapping types that connect the start and finish points of two activities, therefore, PDM cannot express efficiently the relationships between any middle points of two activities if they should be represented. This research proposes the method of transforming the four overlapping types of PDM to the overlapping relationships of BDM(Beeline Diagramming Method), new networking technique, that can connect the inter-relationships at any middle points of two activities as well as express multiple overlapping relationships. The proposed method will help not only to improve an efficiency of scheduling but also to upgrade the scheduling technique because BDM technique has a lot of unique advantages in scheduling. |