Representing Employee Requirements in Labor Tour Scheduling
| dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Gary | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-12T21:08:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-12T21:08:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993-07-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper, we use the methodology of simulation to evaluate six approaches for handling employee requirements In an LP-based labour tour scheduling heuristic. We model employee requirements both as minimum acceptable staffing levels-where understaffing is unacceptable-and as target staffing levels-where both under- and overstaffing are acceptable. For each representation of employee requirements, we evaluate forms of the heuristic that use problem-specific and problem-independent information on the costs of employee surpluses and, if appropriate, employee shortages. Over an extensive test data set, the target-staffing approach using problem-specific cost Information outperformed all other procedures. Specifically, it generated schedules costing less than 87% of those developed using the approach most commonly found in the literature. Its schedules were also almost 5% cheaper than those of its closest competitor. We discuss the managerial and research implications of the findings and provide suggestions for future research. | |
| dc.description.legacydownloads | Thompson46_Representing.pdf: 46 downloads, before Aug. 1, 2020. | |
| dc.identifier.other | 12108596 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/72120 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.relation.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-0483(93)90007-8 | |
| dc.rights | Required Publisher Statement: © Elsevier. Final version published as: Thompson, G. M. (1993). Representing employee requirements in labor tour scheduling. Omega, 21(6), 657-671. doi: 10.1016/0305-0483(93)90007-8 Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. | |
| dc.subject | scheduling | |
| dc.subject | manpower planning | |
| dc.subject | LP | |
| dc.subject | simulation | |
| dc.title | Representing Employee Requirements in Labor Tour Scheduling | |
| dc.type | article | |
| local.authorAffiliation | Thompson, Gary: gmt1@cornell.edu Cornell University School of Hotel Administration |
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