Worker deployment in dual resource constrained systems with a task-type factor

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1507-1519

  Zamiska, John R ^a   Jaber, Mohamad Y ^a   Kher, Hemant V ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive tasks; Deployment policies; DRC; Forgetting; Human performance; Learning; Motor tasks; Worker flexibility

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

COGNITIVE TASKS; DEPLOYMENT POLICIES; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; MOTOR TASKS; WORKER FLEXIBILITY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33750728367     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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