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 …

A review of methods and algorithms for optimizing construction scheduling

J Zhou, PED Love, X Wang, KL Teo… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Optimizing construction project scheduling has received a considerable amount of attention
over the past 20 years. As a result, a plethora of methods and algorithms have been …

Modeling the spread of COVID-19 on construction workers: An agent-based approach

F Araya - Safety science, 2021 - Elsevier
As the spread of COVID-19 has continued since December 2019, stay at home orders
around the globe have changed how we live our lives, mostly from physical to virtual …

Dynamic modeling for analyzing impacts of skilled labor shortage on construction project management

S Kim, S Chang, D Castro-Lacouture - Journal of Management in …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
In recent years, the shortage in skilled labor was one of the most significant concerns for the
construction industry. Previous studies explored the causes and effects of such shortages; …

Factors influencing construction labor productivity in Egypt

KM El-Gohary, RF Aziz - Journal of management in engineering, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
Construction is a labor-intensive industry. Therefore, construction labor productivity is of
critical importance to the profitability of most construction projects. Many construction …

Time-cost-quality trade-off analysis for highway construction

K El-Rayes, A Kandil - Journal of construction Engineering and …, 2005 - ascelibrary.org
Many departments of transportation have recently started to utilize innovative contracting
methods that provide new incentives for improving construction quality. These emerging …

Optimization modeling of multi-skilled resources in prefabrication: Theorizing cost analysis of process integration in off-site construction

M Arashpour, V Kamat, Y Bai, R Wakefield… - Automation in …, 2018 - Elsevier
In advanced manufacturing of building elements, process integration and utilization of multi-
skilled resources enhance the flexibility of production networks against variations in demand …

Revealing the “Invisible Gorilla” in construction: Estimating construction safety through mental workload assessment

J Chen, X Song, Z Lin - Automation in Construction, 2016 - Elsevier
Construction companies can accrue losses due to labor fatalities and injuries. Since more
than 70% of all accidents are related to human activities, detecting and mitigating human …

A multi-skilled worker assignment problem in seru production systems considering the worker heterogeneity

J Lian, CG Liu, WJ Li, Y Yin - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The flexibility of production systems is becoming more and more important for manufacturers
facing various changes. As an effective way to increase the flexibility in a short time with a …

A new algorithm for resource-constrained project scheduling with breadth and depth of skills

J Snauwaert, M Vanhoucke - European Journal of Operational Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper addresses a multi-skilled extension of the resource-constrained project
scheduling problem (RCPSP). Although a handful of papers dealt with the multi-skilled …