RESCON®

Educational software for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem

 

RESCON® is a 32-bit application, programmed in Visual C++ 6.0 that runs on Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista platforms.  The software is provided "as is", without any further support.  The main executable can be downloaded here, further documentation is provided here.  Fully functional DLL example source code (a complete Visual Studio 6.0 project) can be downloaded here.

RESCON® was developed as one of the project deliveries for Project OT/03/14 of the Research Fund K.U.Leuven.

Project Supervision: Prof. Dr. Erik Demeulemeester and Prof. Dr. Willy Herroelen

Programming and system implementation: Filip Deblaere

Network visualization (design and programming) by Mieke Defraeye

 

Features: Activity-on-the-node representation
  Exact and heuristic scheduling procedures (50 in total)
  Multiple resource profiles
  Gantt chart
  Comparative analysis of algorithms
  Project metrics
  "What-if" analysis
  DLL support for custom-made scheduling routines
  Support for robust scheduling

 

Update 26/04/2010: a rudimentary rcp file integrity check is included
Update 11/08/2009: important bugfix in optimal RCPSP code - upgrade is recommended
Update 01/07/2009: fixed memory bug in STC simulation code
Update 18/05/2009: major update: added Sugiyama-style network visualization