Astorga, GinoGinoAstorgaBroderick CrawfordRicardo SotoCarlos CastroFernando ParedesSanjay MisraJosé-Miguel Rubio2025-08-252025-08-252018-04-0110.17559/tv-201606292243482-s2.0-85045935550https://cris-uv-2.scimago.es/handle/123456789/3314WOS:000430936800007Within the category of project scheduling problems, there is a specific problem within the software industry referred to as the software project scheduling problem. The problem consists in the correct allocation of employees to the different tasks that make up a software project, bearing in mind time and cost restraints. To achieve this goal, the present work first uses metaheuristic intelligent water drops illustrating; this is a recent stochastic swarm-based method increasingly used for solving optimization problems. Finally, the results and comparisons with experiments performed with other techniques are presented, demonstrating the solidity of the approach presented.enacceso abiertoEngineering, MultidisciplinaryEngineeringarticle