Title of article
Planning workingtimeaccountsunderdemanduncertainty$
Author/Authors
Amaia Lusa، نويسنده , , RafaelPastor، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages
8
From page
517
To page
524
Abstract
Working timeaccounts(WTAs)areemployer-orientedflexibilitysystemsthathavebeenappliedin
industrybutcouldbeusedfarmore.WTAsenablecapacitytobeadaptedtofluctuationsindemand.The
requiredcapacity,whichisneededtoplanWTAs,usuallydependsonseveralfactors.Itisoften
impossibletoreliablypredicttherequiredcapacityorunrealistictoadjustittoaprobability
distribution.Insomecases,asetofrequired-capacityscenarioscanbedetermined,eachwitharelated
probability.Thispaperpresentsamultistagestochasticoptimisationmodelthatisrobust(i.e.,provides
a solutionthatisfeasibleforanypossiblescenario)andminimisestheexpectedtotalcost(which
includesthecostofovertimeandthecostofthecapacityshortage).
Keywords
Human resource management , Uncertainty , Capacity Planning , Working time accounts , Scenario analysis , Working time
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Serial Year
2011
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Record number
927877
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