In this paper, we present a single-shift workforce planning tool: the Head Count Allocation Solver (HCA) for a high volume manufacturing facility with several machine groups at each operation. Each machine group at a given operation requires a number of workers with specified skill levels and qualifications, and each qualified worker has a preference for operations and machine groups based on h...

Although effective project management is critical to the success of information technology (IT) projects, little empirical research has investigated skill requirements for IT project managers (PMs). This study addressed this gap by asking 19 practicing IT PMs to describe the skills that successful IT PMs exhibit. A semi-structured interview method known as the repertory grid (RepGrid) technique...

Severely disabled individuals have long been systematically excluded from actively participating in normalized recreation/leisure activities in integrated community settings. Severely disabled individuals should be taught functional and age appropriate skills, based upon the performance characteristics of nonhandicapped peers. In order to present this position, typical assumptions of leisure sk...

Coordinated whole-body motions are key for achieving the full potential of humanoids performing tasks in human environments and in cooperation with humans. We present a multi-skill motion planning and learning framework which is able to address several complex whole-body coordinations and as well detection and imitation of motion constraints. The framework is composed of three main parts: first...

This study evaluated the utility of generic teamwork skills training for enhancing the effectiveness of action teams. Results from 65 four-person action teams working on an interdependent command and control simulator revealed that generic teamwork skills training had a significant and positive impact on both cognitive and skill-based outcomes. Trained team members evidenced higher levels of de...

We address the problem of encoding and executing skills, i.e., motion tasks involving a combination of specifications regarding constraints and variability. We take an approach that is model-free in the sense that we do not assume an explicit and complete analytical specification of the task which can be hard to obtain for many realistic robot systems. Instead, we learn an encoding of the skill...

Motor skill is usually understood as a capability to perform faster and more accurate movements than other, unskilled, individuals. In this study we investigated motor skill learning using a path tracking task, where subjects had to track various curved paths as fast as possible, in the absence of any external perturbations. We found that subjects become better with practice, producing faster a...

An interesting aspect of games is the relative extent to which a player can positively influence his results by making appropriate strategic choices. This question is closely related to the issue of how to distinguish between games of skill and games of chance. The distinction between these two types of games is definitely interesting from a juridical point of view. Borm and Van der Genugten (2...

Employers expect graduates and postgraduates to demonstrate their education through more than good grades. Learning activities that develop subject skills during formalized programmes of undergraduate and postgraduate study also develop employability skills, if the curriculum is suitably aligned, and developmental planning is supported. Only little extra provision is required, but all developme...