An entropy-based measurement of working time flexibility

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2008.12.002zbMath1183.90274MaRDI QIDQ2379553

Albert Corominas, Jordi Olivella, Rafael Pastor

Publication date: 19 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2008.12.002

zbMATH Keywords

Shannon's entropy; working time; working time accounts; flexibility measure; hiring and firing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

94A17: Measures of information, entropy

90B70: Theory of organizations, manpower planning in operations research

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