Cross-trained staffing levels with heterogeneous learning/forgetting

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 560-574

  Kim, Sungsu ^a   Nembhard, David A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross training; dual resource constrained (DRC) systems; flexibility; forgetting; learning; parallel systems; productivity; staffing; task heterogeneity; worker heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CROSS TRAINING; DUAL RESOURCE CONSTRAINED; FLEXIBILITY; FORGETTING; LEARNING; PARALLEL SYSTEM; STAFFING; TASK HETEROGENEITY; WORKER HETEROGENEITY;

COMPETITION; PRODUCTIVITY; SET THEORY;

PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 77958452522     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2048905     Document Type: Conference Paper

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