Discrete-event simulation of queues with spreadsheets: A teaching case

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2277-2283

  De Mesquita, Marco Aurélio ^a   Hernandez, Alvaro Euzebio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; GAME THEORY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; QUEUEING THEORY; SERVERS; SPREADSHEETS;

DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION (DES); INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS; PARALLEL SERVERS; QUEUING SYSTEMS; QUEUING THEORY; SEMESTER COURSE; SINGLE SERVERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (IGC: E4/K7); UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 46149110811     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2006.323053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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