Investigating work-related ill health effects in optimizing the performance of manufacturing systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 708-718

  Sobhani, A ^a   Wahab, M I M ^a   Neumann, W P ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Operations research; Optimization; Serial assembly line; Work related health problems; Workplace risk factors

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MANUFACTURE; MARKOV CHAINS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; RISK PERCEPTION;

ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; MARKOV CHAIN MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; RISK FACTORS; SERIAL ASSEMBLY; SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE; WORK-RELATED; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 84916618477     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.09.032     Document Type: Article

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