Forecast errors in service systems

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-332

  Steckley, Samuel G ^a   Henderson, Shane G ^b   Mehrotra, Vijay ^c  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; LARGE DATASET; MIXTURES; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM; IN-SERVICE SYSTEMS; LONG-RUN PERFORMANCE; MARKOVIAN QUEUE; NORMAL MIXTURES; POISSON PROCESS; SERVICE SYSTEMS; STAFFING STRATEGIES;

FORECASTING;

EID: 68349135751     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: 14698951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964809000187     Document Type: Article

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