Many applications providing a workforce modeling solution use the [[linear programming]] approach to create the Workforce Model. Linear methods of achieving a schedule are generally based on assumptions that demand is based on a series of independent events, alleach of which have awith consistent, predictable outcome. However, modeling the uncertainty and dependability of these events is a well-researched area.<ref name="Clancy, Thomas R. 2008">Clancy, Thomas R. ''Managing Organizational Complexity in Healthcare Operations.'' The Journal of Nursing Administration 38.9 (2008): 367–370. Print.{{Citation not found|date=October 2024}}</ref> Modeling approaches such as system dynamics have also been employed in workforce modeling to address interdependencies and feedback loops within large organizations, such as NASA.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Marin |first=Mario |last2=Zhu |first2=Yanshen |last3=Meade |first3=Phillip |last4=Sargent |first4=Melissa |last5=Warren |first5=Jullie |date=2007 |title=Workforce Enterprise Modeling |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44719519 |journal=SAE Transactions |volume=116 |pages=873–876 |issn=0096-736X}}</ref> [[Heuristic|Heuristics]] have also been applied to the problem, and [[metaheuristics]] have been identified as the besteffective methodmethods for generating complex scheduling solutions.<ref name="Clancy, Thomas R. 2008" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Burke |first1=Edmund |last2=Causmaecker |first2=Patrick De |last3=Berghe |first3=Greet Vanden |last4=Landeghem |first4=Hendrik Van |date=2004 |title=The State of the Art of Nurse Rostering |url=https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/123829/1/JOS_ |url-status=dead |journal=Journal of Scheduling |volume=7 |issue=441–499 |pages=441–499 |doi=10.1023/B:JOSH.0000046076.75950.0b |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113501/https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/123829/1/JOS_ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
Workforce modeling solutions can be created using a [[software]] solution for demand-oriented workforce management.
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==Further reading==
*Sterman JD. ''Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling For a Complex World.'' Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill Publishers; 2000.
*Taleb NN. ''The Black Swan.'' New York, New YorkYor<ref name=":0" />k: Random House; 2007.
*West B, Griffin L. ''Biodynamics: Why the Wirewalker Doesn't Fall.'' Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc; 2004.
