The n-network model with upgrades

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-200

  Down, Douglas G ^a   Lewis, Mark E ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CUSTOMER CLASS; FLEXIBLE SERVERS; LOW PRIORITIES; NETWORK MODELING; OPTIMAL CONTROL POLICY; QUEUING SYSTEMS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD POLICIES;

SALES;

EID: 77953580967     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: 14698951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964809990222     Document Type: Article

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