Optimal dynamic assignment of a flexible worker on an open production line with specialists

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 541-566

  Sennott, Linn I ^a   Van Oyen, Mark P ^b   Iravani, Seyed M R ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Control of queueing networks; Floating workers; Labor cross training; Markov decision processes; Production flexibility

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PUBLIC POLICY; QUEUEING NETWORKS;

CONTROL OF QUEUEING NETWORKS; FLOATING WORKERS; LABOR CROSS-TRAINING; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 26844450637     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.06.030     Document Type: Article

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