Optimizing the use of contingent labor when demand is uncertain
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Publication:1869689
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)
90B50: Management decision making, including multiple objectives
90C39: Dynamic programming
90B70: Theory of organizations, manpower planning in operations research
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