Development of operator assignment schedules: A DSS approach

Cm Lutz, Kr Davis and Cf Turner

Omega, 1994, vol. 22, issue 1, 57-67

Abstract: Being able to generate an operator assignment schedule for a (m) multi-stage, (n) operator production line, with n less or equal to m, and with multiple objectives, is a problem which continues to exist both in the literature and in practice. This paper illustrates how weighted backward dynamic programming and simulation can be combined in a decision support system (DSS) to address such a problem and to evaluate the characteristics of a dynamic production line.

Keywords: backward; dynamic; programming-heuristic; multi-stage; production; line; operator; assignment; schedule; simulation; work-group; matrix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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