This paper presents a heuristic solution procedure for a very general resource-constrained project scheduling problem. Here, multiple execution modes are available for the individual activities of the project. In addition, minimum as well as maximum time lags between different activities may be given. The objective is to determine a mode and a start time for each activity such that the temporal and resource constraints are met and the project duration is minimized. Project scheduling problems of this type occur e.g. in process industries. The heuristic is a multi-pass priorityrule method with backplanning which is based on an integration approach and embedded in random sampling. Its performance is evaluated within an experimental performance analysis for problem instances of real-life size with 100 activities and up to 5 modes per activity.
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