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ERIC Number: EJ1233598
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Nov
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-2357
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A Neural Network Solution for Forecasting Labor Demand of Drop-In Peer Tutoring Centers with Long Planning Horizons
Brattin, Rick; Sexton, Randall S.; Yin, Wenqiang; Wheatley, Brittaney
Education and Information Technologies, v24 n6 p3501-3522 Nov 2019
Like many other service organizations, drop-in peer tutoring centers often struggle to determine the required number of qualified tutors necessary to meet learner expectations. Service work is largely a response to probabilistic calls for staff action and therefore difficult to forecast with precision. Moreover, forecasting models under long planning horizons often lack the complexity or specificity necessary to accurately predict flexible labor demand due to sparse availability of influential model inputs. This study builds upon the flexible demand literature by exploring the use of neural networks for labor demand forecasting for a drop-in peer tutoring center of a large university. Specifically, this study employs a neural network solution that includes a genetic algorithm to search for optimal solutions using evolutional processes. The proposed forecasting model outperforms traditional smoothing and extrapolation forecasting methods.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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