Optimal resource allocation in stochastic activity networks via the electromagnetism approach: a platform implementation in Java

An optimal resource allocation approach to stochastic multimodal projects had been previously developed by applying a Dynamic Programming model which proved to be very demanding computationally. A new approach, the Electromagnetism-like Mechanism, has also been adopted and implemented in Matlab, to solve this problem. This paper presents the implementation of the Electromagnetism approach using an Object Oriented language, Java, and a distributed version to be run in a computer network, in order to take advantage of available computational resources.