Two-stage workforce planning under demand fluctuations and uncertainty

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-103

  Zhu, X ^a   Sherali, H D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bendersdecomposition; Integer programming; Manpower planning; Stochastic programming

Indexed keywords

OFFICE BUILDINGS; PERSONNEL; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BENDERSDECOMPOSITION; CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DETERMINISTIC MODELING; MANPOWER PLANNING; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; TWO-STAGE STOCHASTIC PROGRAMS;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 57649220686     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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