Workforce aging in production systems: Modeling and performance evaluation

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue January, 2015, Pages 1108-1115

  Boenzi, F ^a   Mossa, G ^a   Mummolo, G ^a   Romano, V A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related ergonomics; Manual assembly lines; Workforce aging

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN FORM MODELS; MANUFACTURE; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

AGE-RELATED; ERGONOMIC EVALUATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR MODELING; MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84937038934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.01.473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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