Modeling the transplant waiting list: A queueing model with reneging

Queueing Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 239-251

  Zenios, Stefanos A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic analysis; Laplace's method; Reneging; Transplant waiting list

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

ALLOCATION POLICIES; ALLOCATION SYSTEMS; ASYMPTOTIC EXPRESSIONS; LAPLACE'S METHOD; QUEUEING MODEL; RENEGING; STATIONARY WAITING TIME; WAITING LISTS;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 0033243591     PISSN: 02570130     EISSN: 15729443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019162331525     Document Type: Article

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