Maximizing workforce diversity in project teams: A network flow approach

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Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-153

  Bhadury, Joyendu ^a   Joy Mighty, E ^b   Damar, Hario ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dining problem; Manpower planning; Optimization; Personnel human resources; Set partitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165530     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(99)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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