Dynamic assignment of a multi-skilled workforce in job shops: An approximate dynamic programming approach

Luis Mauricio Annear, Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaei and Verena Schmid

European Journal of Operational Research, 2023, vol. 306, issue 3, 1109-1125

Abstract: We propose an approximate algorithm to dynamically assign a multi-skilled workforce to the stations of a job shop, with demand uncertainty and variability in the availability of the resources, to maximize productivity.

Keywords: Dynamic programming; Approximate dynamic programming; Workforce planning; Job-shops (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.08.049

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