Control aspects in proportionality Markov manpower systems

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-116

  Nilakantan, K ^a   Raghavendra, B G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING NITIE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Manpower planning; Markov process; Modeling

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONTROL ASPECTS; GENERAL SYSTEMS; MANPOWER SYSTEMS; REAL WORLD DATA;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 7744242212     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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