In operations research, the makespan of a project is the length of time that elapses from the start of work to the end.
This type of multi-mode resource constrained project scheduling problem (MRCPSP) seeks to create the shortest logical project schedule, by efficiently using project resources, adding the lowest number of additional resources as possible to achieve the minimum makespan.
[1] The term commonly appears in the context of scheduling.
We would like to assign tasks to workers, such that the project finishes in the shortest possible time.
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