workforce management

Robust Workforce Management with Crowdsourced Delivery

  • Chun Cheng
  • Melvyn Sim
  • Yue Zhao
    • Categories Robust Optimization, Transportation Tags , , ,

    We investigate how crowdsourced delivery platforms with both contracted and ad-hoc couriers can effectively manage their workforce to meet delivery demands amidst uncertainties. Our objective is to minimize the hiring costs of contracted couriers and the crowdsourcing costs of ad-hoc couriers while considering the uncertain availability and behavior of the latter. Due to the complication … Read more

    Strategic Health Workforce Planning

  • Weihong Hu
  • Alejandro Toriello
  • Mariel S. Lavieri
  • Xiang Liu
    • Categories Applications - OR and Management Sciences Tags , , ,

    Analysts predict impending shortages in the health care workforce, yet wages for health care workers already account for over half of U.S. health expenditures. It is thus increasingly important to adequately plan to meet health workforce demand at reasonable cost. Using infinite linear programming methodology, we propose an infinite-horizon model for health workforce planning in … Read more