James E. Kelley Jr.

ThinkersOperations researcher

Works

  • Critical-Path Planning and Scheduling, Proceedings of the Eastern Joint Computer Conference, 1959

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Known for

Remington Rand researcher who developed the critical path method in the late 1950s with Morgan R. Walker of DuPont: model a project as a network of activities and find the longest chain of dependent tasks, which sets the shortest possible duration.

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