Learning and forgetting-based worker selection for tasks of varying complexity

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 576-587

  Nembhard, D A ^a   Osothsilp, N ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Allocation; Behaviour; Forgetting; Learning; Manpower planning; Production; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PRODUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ALLOCATION; BEHAVIOR; FORGETTING; LEARNING; MANPOWER PLANNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 17644372017     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601842     Document Type: Article

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