Worker assignment on a serial-line when productivity is changing

Natasa Vidic; Bryan A Norman; David A Nembhard

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Worker assignment on a serial-line when productivity is changing

Natasa Vidic, Bryan A Norman and David A Nembhard

IIE Annual Conference. Proceedings, p.1

01/01/2005

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Abstract

The objective of this research is to develop methods to solve the worker assignment problem considering learning and forgetting. The workers' productivity changes over time and is dependent on the number of times the workers were assigned to each task. Tasks have different complexity levels, and the workforce is heterogeneous. The worker assignment model is formulated and incorporates the effects of individual worker's learning and forgetting. An interchange heuristic algorithm is developed and its effectiveness is demonstrated on test problems. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Assignment problem

Effectiveness

Engineering

Heuristic

Learning

Manufacturing cells

Models

Productivity

Workers

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Title: Subtitle: Worker assignment on a serial-line when productivity is changing
Creators: Natasa Vidic
Bryan A Norman
David A Nembhard
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Publication Details: IIE Annual Conference. Proceedings, p.1
Publisher: Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2005
Academic Unit: Industrial and Systems Engineering; Business Analytics
Record Identifier: 9984186944502771

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