Engineering Dynamic Scheduler for Work Manager

BT Technology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 16-29

  Lesaint, D ^a,b   Azarmi, N ^c,d,e,f,g,h   Laithwaite, R ^d   Walker, P ^d,i,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Intelligent Systems Research Group

^c MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^d BT Group   (United Kingdom)

^e Mach Intell Research Programme

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Customer Reception Centre

^j Manchester's Centralised Fault R   (United Kingdom)

^k Work Management Programme

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

COUPLING CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION; WORK ALLOCATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032114503     PISSN: 13583948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009609327253     Document Type: Article

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