An example and a proposal concerning the correlation of worker processing times in parallel tasks

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 176-191

  Schultz, Kenneth L ^a   Schoenherr, Tobias ^b   Nembhard, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Equity theory; Interdependence; Inventory production; Line design; Motivation incentives; Organizational studies; Policies

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELING; ARCHIVAL DATA; CAPACITY; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HUMAN ACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS; LINE DESIGN; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURING LINES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; PARALLEL TASK; PROCESSING TIME; PRODUCTION LINE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOTIVATION;

DESIGN;

EID: 74849106267     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1080     Document Type: Article

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