Generating labor requirements and rosters for mail handlers using simulation and optimization

DOI10.1016/j.cor.2005.02.022zbMath1086.90519OpenAlexW2069576518MaRDI QIDQ2489309

Xiangtong Qi, Jonathan F. Bard

Publication date: 16 May 2006

Published in: Computers \& Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2005.02.022

zbMATH Keywords

SimulationLabor requirementsOptimization validationShift scheduling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35) Performance evaluation, queueing, and scheduling in the context of computer systems (68M20)

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