Assignment and allocation optimization of partially multiskilled workforce

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-109

  Gomar, Jorge E ^a   Haas, Carl T ^a   Morton, David P ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Optimization; Personnel management

Indexed keywords

JOB ASSIGNMENTS; LABOR COSTS; MULTISKILLED WORKERS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 3242662050     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:2(103)     Document Type: Article

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