Abstract:
Task durations are subject to uncertainty and they can be influenced by the resources assigned. Commonly there is the opportunity to assign workers to tasks, which requir...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Task durations are subject to uncertainty and they can be influenced by the resources assigned. Commonly there is the opportunity to assign workers to tasks, which require a secondary skill they have. When workers use secondary skills, they are not as efficient as workers for which that skill is their primary skill, however they can contribute to the completion of the task. This paper provides the means for managers to heuristically optimize the allocation of their skilled workers among individual tasks on several competing projects when the task durations are uncertain and workers have multiple skills.
Published in: 2007 Winter Simulation Conference
Date of Conference: 09-12 December 2007
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 04 January 2008
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