Multi-skilling in scheduling problems: A review on models, methods and applications

B Afshar-Nadjafi - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Multi-skilling provides an organization with the ability to arrange its workers to meet the
certain needs for several skills. This paper reviews the literature on scheduling problems …

[HTML][HTML] Introducing a novel multi-objective optimization model for volunteer assignment in the post-disaster phase: Combining fuzzy inference systems with NSGA-II …

P Rabiei, D Arias-Aranda, V Stantchev - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
Each year, disasters (natural or man-made) cause a lot of damage and take many people's
lives. In this situation, many volunteers come to help. While the proper management of …

An integrated routing and scheduling problem for home healthcare delivery with limited person-to-person contact

N Yadav, A Tanksale - European Journal of Operational Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents a generalized model for the integrated problem of routing and
scheduling of the home healthcare delivery staff (caregivers) to maximize the revenue …

A multi-skilled staff scheduling and team configuration optimisation model for artificial intelligence project portfolio considering competence development and …

R Chen, D Gu, C Liang, L Jiang - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper emphasises the pivotal role of enhancing research and development (R&D) staff
competence and boosting team innovation efficiency in configuring R&D project teams for …

A cluster-based algorithm for home health care planning: A case study in Australia

D Pahlevani, B Abbasi, JW Hearne… - … Research Part E: Logistics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Home health care (HHC) refers to the delivery of social, medical and paramedical services
to people in their homes. Caregivers are assigned and routed to perform various tasks such …

[HTML][HTML] Technician routing and scheduling for the sharing economy

M Nowak, P Szufel - European Journal of Operational Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficient routing and scheduling plans for a modern workforce are challenging to develop for
many firms offering services to customers at their home. In this paper, we focus on those …

The multi-period workforce scheduling and routing problem

G Guastaroba, JF Côté, LC Coelho - Omega, 2021 - Elsevier
Motivated by the problem faced by a company that provides installation and maintenance
services of electrical infrastructures, we study the Multi-Period Workforce Scheduling and …

A reliability-and-cost-based framework to optimize maintenance planning and diverse-skilled technician routing for geographically distributed systems

G Si, T **a, N Gebraeel, D Wang, E Pan, L ** - Reliability Engineering & …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present an agile maintenance framework where technician assignment and
maintenance schedules are planned jointly to ensure timely operation and maintenance …

Hybrid differential evolution and particle swarm optimization for Multi-visit and Multi-period workforce scheduling and routing problems

V Punyakum, K Sethanan, K Nitisiri, R Pitakaso… - … and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research proposed an optimization method (Hybrid Differential Evolution and Particle
Swarm Optimization, HDEPSO) using a solution technique based on two well-known …

Formation and routing of worker teams for airport ground handling operations: A branch-and-price-and-check approach

G Dall'Olio, R Kolisch - Transportation Science, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
We address workforce optimization for ground handling operations at the airport, focusing
on baggage loading and unloading. Teams of skilled workers have to be formed and routed …