Table 2 RCPSP parameters used in the PRI69 time-index formulation.

From: Solving the resource constrained project scheduling problem with quantum annealing

Notation

Definition

n

Number of activities (excluding the two dummy activities indexed by 0 and \(n+1\)).

\(\mathcal {T}\)

Maximum number of time periods.

\(\mathcal {A}\)

Set of activities.

\(\mathcal {H}\)

\(\mathcal {H} = {0, 1,..., T}\) is the scheduling horizon.

\(\mathcal {E}\)

Set of edges representing a precedence relationship between two activities. For instance, if i and j are two activities of \(\mathcal {A}\), and if activity i must be finished to start activity j, \((i,j) \in \mathcal {E}\).

\(\mathcal {R}\)

Set of resources.

\(p_i\)

Processing time of the activity \(i \in \mathcal {A}\).

\(B_k\)

Capacity of the resource \(k, k \in \mathcal {R}\).

\(b_{ik}\)

Activity i consumption of the resource \(k \in \mathcal {R}\) and its capacity \(B_k\).