Cross training in production systems with human learning and forgetting

Workforce Cross Training

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 111-129

  Nembhard, David A ^a   Norman, Bryan A ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

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