Optimizing the utilization of multiple labor shifts in construction projects

Automation in Construction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-119

  Jun, Dho Heon ^a   El Rayes, Khaled ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Genetic algorithms; Labor; Productivity; Resource allocation; Scheduling; Shift work

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; AVAILABILITY CONSTRAINTS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DECISION VARIABLES; LABOR; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR SHIFTS; LABOR UTILIZATION; MINIMIZING PROJECT DURATION; MULTI-OBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION MODELS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OPTIMAL TRADEOFFS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PLANNING AND SCHEDULING; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; REDUCING COSTS; SCHEDULING MODULE; SCHEDULING OPTIMIZATION; SHIFT SCHEDULE; SHIFT WORK;

AVAILABILITY; COST REDUCTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 76549133751     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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