An Optimal Control Approach to Manpower Planning Problem

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-175

  Lee, H W J ^a   Cai, X Q ^b   Teo, K L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CPET; DMISER; Manpower planning; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346485718     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1024123X01001594     Document Type: Article

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