Worker assignment on a serial-line when productivity is changing

Natasa Vidic; Bryan A. Norman; David A. Nembhard

Worker assignment on a serial-line when productivity is changing

Natasa Vidic, Bryan A. Norman, David A. Nembhard

Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

The objective of this research is to develop methods to solve the worker assignment problem considering learning and forgetting. The workers' productivity changes over time and is dependent on the number of times the workers were assigned to each task. Tasks have different complexity levels, and the workforce is heterogeneous. The worker assignment model is formulated and incorporates the effects of individual worker's learning and forgetting. An interchange heuristic algorithm is developed and its effectiveness is demonstrated on test problems.

Original language	English
State	Published - 2005
Event	IIE Annual Conference and Exposition 2005 - Atlanta, GA, United States Duration: May 14 2005 → May 18 2005

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Conference	IIE Annual Conference and Exposition 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta, GA
Period	05/14/05 → 05/18/05

Keywords

Forgetting
Learning
Worker assignment

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Worker assignment on a serial-line when productivity is changing

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