Modelling workforce aging in job rotation problems

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 604-609

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

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging workforce management; Ergonomics; Job rotation scheduling; Mathematical programming

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ERGONOMICS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PERSONNEL; SCHEDULING; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AGING WORKFORCE; AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS; FLEXIBLE RESOURCES; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODELS; JOB ROTATION SCHEDULING; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; AGE-RELATED; AGING WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT; COST EFFECTIVE; JOB ROTATION; JOB ROTATION SCHEDULING, MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; ROTATION PROBLEM; SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE; WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84953868568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24058963     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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