A nonparametric predictive method for queues

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-442

  Coolen, Frank P A ^a   Coolen Schrijner, Pauline ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methodology; Nonparametric predictive inference; Queueing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NONPARAMETRIC PREDICTIVE METHODS;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 0037332854     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00179-0     Document Type: Article

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