Optimizing the use of contingent labor when demand is uncertain

DOI10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00378-2zbMath1037.90553MaRDI QIDQ1869689

Edieal J. Pinker, Richard C. Larson

Publication date: 28 April 2003

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

dynamic programmingManpower planningHuman resources

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Dynamic programming (90C39) Theory of organizations, manpower planning in operations research (90B70)

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