Using MILP to plan annualised working hours

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 53, Issue 10 SPEC., 2002, Pages 1101-1108

  Corominas, A ^a   Lusa, A ^a   Pastor, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Integer programming; Manpower planning; Service industry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

MANPOWER PLANNING; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING (MILP); SERVICE INDUSTRY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036790080     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601309     Document Type: Article

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