Development of a job rotation scheduling algorithm for minimizing accumulated work load per body parts

Work

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 511-521

  Song, JooBong ^a   Lee, Chaiwoo ^b   Lee, WonJung ^a   Bahn, Sangwoo ^c   Jung, ChanJu ^d   Yun, Myung Hwan ^a,d  

^a Samsung SDS   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ergonomic assessment tool; Job rotation; musculoskeletal disorders; physical workload

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; HUMAN; LEG; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UPPER LIMB; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LEG; LIFTING; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTURE; UPPER EXTREMITY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84961855370     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-152232     Document Type: Article

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