Rotational allocation of tasks to multifunctional workers in a service industry

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Corominas, Albert ^a   Pastor, Rafael ^a   Rodríguez, Ericka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assignment problem; Heuristics; Job rotation; Manpower planning

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; HEURISTIC METHODS; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM; HEURISTICS; JOB ROTATION; MANPOWER PLANNING;

JOB ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744994081     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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