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Teaching of Critical Path Networks Using Software Packages

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Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT 2009)

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The aim of this paper is to review a published paper, ‘Using computer software packages to enhance the teaching of Engineering Management Science: Part 1 -Critical path networks’. Excel in Microsoft Office 2007 was discovered to be able to solve critical path network problems with some programming. The capabilities of the two previously evaluated packages, Microsoft Project 2007 and Quantitative Methods - Production and Operations Management (POM-QM) for Windows 3 were cited and Excel usage is explained for each of the objective of the module, critical path networks. A pseudo quantity scoring system was developed to evaluate the capabilities of the software packages in meeting the 5 objectives of the module. It was found that POM-QM for Windows 3 scored the highest points. However, Excel in MS can be argued to provide the best learning outcomes as it endeavours students to understand the concepts of critical path networks clearly before they can program and solve the problems.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern, Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, 4350, Australia

    H. Ku

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Surveying and Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, QLD 4350, Australia

    Peng Wen

  2. School of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology, QLD 4001, Brisbane, Australia

    Yuefeng Li

  3. Institute of Mathematics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 86, 02008, Warsaw, Poland

    Lech Polkowski

  4. Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, S4S 0A2, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Yiyu Yao

  5. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Informatics, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, 693-8501, Shimane, Japan

    Shusaku Tsumoto

  6. Institute of Computer Science and Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China

    Guoyin Wang

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Ku, H. (2009). Teaching of Critical Path Networks Using Software Packages. In: Wen, P., Li, Y., Polkowski, L., Yao, Y., Tsumoto, S., Wang, G. (eds) Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology. RSKT 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5589. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02962-2_55

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