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10.4 Objective Functions and Constraints

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Minimize risk

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Minimize slippage

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Maximize crew efficiency

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Minimize travel time

Crew scheduling typically minimizes the scheduled completion times

for each job as its primary objective. A schedule, however, can have

multiple objective functions. These objective functions are often in con-

flict with each other. We can, for example, minimize the cost of jobs

by assigning less experienced crews or scheduling jobs when less expen-

sive resources become available. However, this might conflict with the

completion date minimization or risk minimization objective functions.

Evaluating Objective Functions

In a multiobjective ...