A queueing model for general group screening policies and dynamic item arrivals

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 827-835

  Claeys, Dieter ^a   Walraevens, Joris ^a   Laevens, Koenraad ^a   Bruneel, Herwig ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamic item arrivals; Group screening policies; Queueing

Indexed keywords

DECISION VARIABLES; DISCRETE-TIME; DYNAMIC ASPECTS; GROUP SCREENING; GROUP SCREENING POLICIES; GROUP SIZE; QUEUEING MODEL; SERVICE TIME; TESTING CENTER;

DECISION MAKING; QUEUEING NETWORKS;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 77955554248     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.05.042     Document Type: Article

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