The Human Factor in Planning and Scheduling

Kenneth N. McKay and Vincent C. S. Wiers
Additional contact information
Kenneth N. McKay: University of Waterloo
Vincent C. S. Wiers: University of Waterloo

Chapter Chapter 2 in Handbook of Production Scheduling, 2006, pp 23-57 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, we will review the research conducted on the human factor in planning and scheduling. Specifically, the positive and negative aspects of the human factor will be discussed. We will also discuss the consequences when these aspects are ignored or overlooked by the formal or systemized solutions.

Keywords: Decision-making; scheduling decision support systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:isochp:978-0-387-33117-1_2

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9780387331171

DOI: 10.1007/0-387-33117-4_2

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in International Series in Operations Research & Management Science from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().