Scheduling a workforce under annualized hours

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2419-2427

  Hung, R ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MANUFACTURE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ANNUALIZED HOURS; SEASONAL BUSINESSES; SERVICE ORGANIZATION; WORKFORCE;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0032624548     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499190581     Document Type: Article

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