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Richards, R. (2025). Need for and Benefits of Additional Real-World Project Modeling Capabilities: Part 2. Presented at the 2025 IEEE Aerospace Conference. Big Sky, Montana, March 1-8, 2025.

Richards, R. (2024). Project Management Modeling Capabilities for Increased Submarine Production and Maintenance Throughput. Proceedings of the Project Controls Expo, Australia 2024. Melbourne, Australia, November 26-27, 2024.

Richards, R. (2024). Project Management Modeling Capabilities for Increased Submarine Production and Maintenance Throughput. Proceedings of MAST Australia 2024. Adelaide, Australia, November 19-21, 2024.

Richards, R. (2024). Benefits of Additional Real-World CPM Modeling Capabilities with Aurora. Proceedings of Construction CPM Conference 2024. San Antonio, TX, January 14-17, 2024.

Richards, R. (2023). Need for and Benefits of Additional Real-World Project Modeling Capabilities. Proceedings of IEEE Aerospace Conference 2023. Big Sky, MT, March 4-10, 2023.

Richards, R. (2022). Reduced Project Duration via Intelligent Scheduling for Ship Production/Repair. Proceedings of SNAME Maritime Convention 2022. Houston, TX, September 26-29, 2022.

Richards, R., & Ong, J. (2020). Leveraging PHM in Conjunction with Intelligent Scheduling to Improve Manufacturing Resilience. Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference 2020. Big Sky, MT, March 8-13, 2020.

Ciricillo, J., Payne, J., & Richards, R. (2019). Reduced Project Duration via Intelligent Scheduling for Submarine Production and Maintenance. Pacific International Maritime Conference 2019. Sydney, AUS, October 8-10, 2019.

Stottler, R., & Li, A. (2019). Automatic, Intelligent Commercial SSA Sensor Scheduling. Proceedings of the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS). Maui, HI, September, 2019.

Richards, R., & Stottler, R. (2019). Complex Project Scheduling Lessons Learned from NASA, Boeing, General Dynamics and Others. Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference 2019. Big Sky, MT, March 2-9, 2019.

Ludwig, J., Kalton, A., & Stottler, R. (2018). Explaining Complex Scheduling Decisions. Joint Proceedings of the ACM IUI 2018 Workshops. Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2018.

Stottler, R., & Richards, R. (2018). Managed Intelligent Deconfliction and Scheduling for Satellite Communication. Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference 2018. Big Sky, MT, March 3-10, 2018.

Ludwig, J., Richards, R., Kalton, A., & Stottler, R. (2017). Applying a Heuristic-Based Scheduling Framework in Manufacturing, Service, and Communication Domains. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). Banff, Canada, October 5-8, 2017.

Xu, S., Stottler, R., & Richards R. (2017). Intelligent Scheduling at NASA: Application to Ground Operations at Kennedy Space Center. Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference 2017. Big Sky, MT, March 4-11, 2017.

Ludwig, J., Kalton, A., Richards, R., Bautsch, B., Markusic, C., & Jones, C. (2016). Deploying a Schedule Optimization Tool for Vehicle Testing. International Conference on Automated Planning & Scheduling (ICAPS) 2016. London, U.K., June 12-17, 2016.

Richards, R. (2016). Common Tool for Intelligent Scheduling / Critical Chain Project Management for US Navy & Contractor Shipyards. Proceedings of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Planning, Production Processes and Facilities (PPP&F) Panel Meeting. Portland, OR, April 19 -20, 2016.

Richards, R. (2015). Packaging Line Scheduling Optimization. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Vol 14, no. 8, pp. 13-15. October, 2015.

Ludwig, J., Kalton, A., Richards, R., Bautsch, B., Markusic, C., & Schumacher J. (2014). A Schedule Optimization Tool for Destructive and Non-Destructive Vehicle Tests. Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI 2014).

Richards, R. (2013). Intelligent Planning & Scheduling Platform for Lean Manufacturing and Optimization of Changeovers. Presentation given at the IFPAC 2013 Conference. Baltimore, MD, January 22-25, 2013.

Richards, R. (2010). Critical Chain Project Management: An Introduction. Presentation given at the Lean Project Management Forum 2010. System Institut. Barcelona, Catelonia, Spain, December 13, 2010.

Richards, R. (2010). Aurora-CCPM: Critical Chain Project Management with Intelligent Scheduling. Presentation given at the Lean Project Management Forum 2010. System Institut. Barcelona, Catelonia, Spain, December 13, 2010.

Richards, R. (2010). Critical Chain: Short-Duration Tasks & Intelligent Scheduling in e.g., Medical, Manufacturing & Maintenance. Proceedings of the 2010 Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Symposium. Cal State University, Channel Islands. August 19-20, 2010.

Richards, R., & Robinson, H. (2010). Critical Chain: Short-Duration Tasks. Proceedings of the Theory of Constraints. International Certification Organization North American Regional Conference (TOCICO 2010). Las Vegas, NV, June 22, 2010.

Richards, R. (2010). Intelligent Resource Scheduling for Reduced Turnaround Durations. Proceedings of the Shutdowns Turnarounds Outages Best Management Conference (STO 2010). Houston, Texas, June 6-8, 2010.

Richards, R. (2010). Enhancing Resource-Leveling via Intelligent Scheduling: Turnaround & Aerospace Applications Demonstrating 25%+ Flow-Time Reductions. 2010 PMI College of Scheduling Conference PMICOS. Calgary, Canada, May 2-5, 2010.

Richards, R., & Robinson, H. (2010). Critical Chain Project Management: Motivation and Overview. Proceedings of the 2010 NASA Project Management Challenge (PM Challenge 2010). Galveston, Texas, February 9-10, 2010.

Robinson, H., & Richards, R. (2009). Introduction to Critical Chain Project Management. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International Annual Meeting (AACE International 2009). Seattle, Washington, June 28-July 1, 2009.

Richards, R., & Robinson, H. (2009). Critical Chain: Short-Duration Tasks. Proceedings of the Theory of Constraints. International Certification Organization North American Regional Conference (TOCICO 2009). Tacoma, Washington, June 7, 2009.

Kalton, A., & Richards, R. (2008). Advanced Scheduling Technology for Shorter Resource Constrained Project Durations. AACE International’s 52nd Annual Meeting & ICEC’s 6th World Congress on Cost Engineering, Project Management and Quantity Surveying. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 29-July 2, 2008.

Kalton, A., Robinson, H., & Richards, R. (2007). Enhanced Critical Chain Project Management via Advanced Planning & Scheduling Technology. 2007 PMI College of Scheduling Conference PMICOS. Vancouver, British Columbia, April 15-18, 2007.

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