Bi-objective workforce-constrained maintenance scheduling: A case study

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1005-1018

  Safaei, N ^a   Banjevic, D ^a   Jardine, A K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

bi objective optimization; mixed integer programming; Workforce constrained maintenance scheduling

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERSONNEL; REPAIR; SCHEDULING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; CONSTRAINED SCHEDULING; EXTERNAL RESOURCES; MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODEL; POTENTIAL FAILURES; SKILLED WORKFORCES;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 79954523712     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.51     Document Type: Article

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