Several results on the design of queueing systems

Operations Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 965-970

  Chao, Xiuli ^a   Scott, Carlton ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

IN-PROCESS WAITING TIME; MULTIPLE-SERVER SYSTEMS;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 0034314039     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.48.6.965.12395     Document Type: Article

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