Learning Curves: Theory, Models, and Applications

by Jaber; Mohamad Y.

• ISBN13: 9781439807385
• ISBN10: 1439807388
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-06
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

A contributed work covering advances in learning curve research theory and applications, this book draws a learning map to demonstrate where learning is involved within organizations and how it can be sustained, perfected, and accelerated. It reviews developments in research and explores the learning-quality relationship. The text explains how to improve learning curves using the Earned Value Method (EVM) and through the design of thinking systems. It also offers a chapter that reviews the Forgetting Curves.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Editor	p. xv
Contributors	p. xvii
Theory and Models
Learning Curves: The State of the Art and Research Directions	p. 3
Inside the Learning Curve: Opening the Black Box of the Learning Curve	p. 23
Learning and Thinking Systems	p. 37
From Men and Machines to the Organizational Learning Curve	p. 57
Management at the Flat End of the Learning Curve: An Overview of Interaction Value Analysis	p. 71
Log-Linear and Non-Log-Linear Learning Curve Models for Production Research and Cost Estimation	p. 91
Using Parameter Prediction Models to Forecast Post-Interruption Learning	p. 103
Introduction to Half-Life Theory of Learning Curves	p. 129
Influence of Breaks in Learning on Forgetting Curves	p. 163
Learning and Forgetting: Implications for Workforce Flexibility in AMT Environments	p. 173
Accelerated Learning by Experimentation	p. 191
Linking Quality to Learning - A Review	p. 211
Latent Growth Models for Operations Management Research: A Methodological Primer	p. 237
Applications
The Lot Sizing Problem and the Learning Curve: A Review	p. 265
Learning Effects in Inventory Models with Alternative Shipment Strategies	p. 293
Steady-State Characteristics under Processing-Time Learning and Forgetting	p. 309
Job Scheduling in Customized Assembly Lines Affected by Workers' Learning	p. 333
Industrial Work Measurement and Improvement through Multivariate Learning Curves	p. 349
Do Professional Services Learn, Sustain, and Transfer Knowledge?	p. 367
Learning Curves in Project Management: The Case of a "Troubled" Implementation	p. 381
Timing Software Upgrades to Maximize Productivity: A Decision Analysis Model Based on the Learning Curve	p. 397
Learning Curves for CAD Competence Building of Novice Trainees	p. 411
Developments in Interpreting Learning Curves and Applications to Energy Technology Policy	p. 425
Index	p. 445
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