Heuristics for workforce planning with worker differences

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 724-740

  Fowler, John W ^a   Wirojanagud, Pornsarun ^a   Gel, Esma S ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross training; Genetic algorithms; Heuristics; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CROSS-TRAINING; GENERAL COGNITIVE ABILITY (GCA); MACHINE GROUPS; WORKFORCE PLANNING;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 42949144864     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.06.038     Document Type: Article

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