A two-phase binary-goal programming-based approach for optimal project-team formation

Fatih Cavdur, Asli Sebatli, Merve Kose-Kucuk and Cagla Rodoplu

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2019, vol. 70, issue 4, 689-706

Abstract: This study presents a two-phase binary-goal programming-based approach for solving a novel system design project-team formation problem which involves several restrictions and requirements as well as the preferences of the potential team members. The problem instance considered in this study basically includes two types of allocations, as the allocations of students and academic advisers, which are performed in the first and second phase of the proposed solution approach, respectively. Although it represents a particular case as represented in this study, it can be easily generalised to be used for solving similar project-team formation problems. We implement our methodology on a real-life problem in an academic institution and compare our solutions to the real-life allocations performed manually. It is noted that, in terms of satisfying the goals of the problem, our approach significantly outperforms the real-life allocations. In addition, computational results show our model’s ability to solve similar-sized real-life problems in reasonable time periods on an average personal computer, implying its potential for significant savings in terms of the human resources available.

Date: 2019
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/01605682.2018.1457480 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

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:taf:tjorxx:v:70:y:2019:i:4:p:689-706

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/tjor20

DOI: 10.1080/01605682.2018.1457480

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of the Operational Research Society is currently edited by Tom Archibald

More articles in Journal of the Operational Research Society from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().