Weekly scheduling in the service industry: An application to mail processing and distribution centers

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 379-396

  Bard, Jonathan F ^a   Wan, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; PLANNING; POSTAL SERVICES; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

STAFF SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (CO);

SCHEDULING;

EID: 18144385456     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170590885288     Document Type: Article

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