Salah E. Elmaghraby: Studies in Activity Networks: A Guided Tour by Brendan Bettinger

Salah E. Elmaghraby, professor at North Carolina State University, presented the first plenary talk of the conference on Sunday morning. Elmaghraby led us on what he referred to as a "guided tour" of activity networks, which he likened to a museum tour - you are not shown every picture and statue, but rather an overview of the highlights. Activity networks is a "very wide field," covering such subjects as routing and scheduling, transportation modes interaction, air traffic control, and social group interactions. The focus of Sunday's talk was project planning and control. Read More.