Keyword: queues: applications

Found 872 papers in total
Using system dynamics principles for conceptual modelling of publicly funded hospitals
Using system dynamics principles for conceptual modelling of publicly funded hospitals
2012,
This paper examines the long‐standing operational issue of patients boarding in...
Investment decisions in the rent‐to‐own industry in the absence of inventory
Investment decisions in the rent‐to‐own industry in the absence of inventory
2012,
This study addresses the product investment decision faced by firms in the...
Design of optimal traffic flow control at intersection with regard for queue length constraints
Design of optimal traffic flow control at intersection with regard for queue length constraints
2011,
Consideration was given to a well‐known problem of traffic control at an...
Access to Long-Term Care: The True Cause of Hospital Congestion?
Access to Long-Term Care: The True Cause of Hospital Congestion?
2011,
Much attention has been paid to lengthy wait times in emergency departments (EDs) and...
The Effect of Integrated Scheduling and Capacity Policies on Clinical Efficiency
The Effect of Integrated Scheduling and Capacity Policies on Clinical Efficiency
2011,
In outpatient healthcare clinics, capacity, patient flow, and scheduling are rarely...
Design and Analysis of Hospital Admission Control for Operational Effectiveness
Design and Analysis of Hospital Admission Control for Operational Effectiveness
2011,
Variability in hospital occupancy negatively impacts the cost and quality of patient...
Blocking in Healthcare Operations: A New Heuristic and an Application
Blocking in Healthcare Operations: A New Heuristic and an Application
2011,
We consider the problem of optimal capacity allocation in a hospital setting, where...
Reserving Capacity for Urgent Patients in Primary Care
Reserving Capacity for Urgent Patients in Primary Care
2011,
This paper examines the effect of the common practice of reserving slots for urgent...
Bi-Criteria Scheduling of Surgical Services for an Outpatient Procedure Center
Bi-Criteria Scheduling of Surgical Services for an Outpatient Procedure Center
2011,
Uncertainty in the duration of surgical procedures can cause long patient wait times,...
Optimal Control of Replenishment and Substitution in an Inventory System with Nonstationary Batch Demand
Optimal Control of Replenishment and Substitution in an Inventory System with Nonstationary Batch Demand
2011,
We study an inventory system in which a supplier supplies demand using two mutually...
The Impact of Variability and Patient Information on Health Care System Performance
The Impact of Variability and Patient Information on Health Care System Performance
2011,
In the delivery of health care services, variability in the patient arrival and...
B-Dynamic: An Efficient Algorithm for Dynamic User Equilibrium Assignment in Activity-Travel Networks
B-Dynamic: An Efficient Algorithm for Dynamic User Equilibrium Assignment in Activity-Travel Networks
2011,
Multi-dimensional choice in dynamic traffic assignment (DTA)–for example, a...
Passing Rates to Measure Relaxation and Impact of Lane-Changing in Congestion
Passing Rates to Measure Relaxation and Impact of Lane-Changing in Congestion
2011,
Passing rate measurements of backward-moving kinematic waves in congestion are applied...
An Analytical Approach for Estimating the Highway Capacity Manual Signalized Intersection Delay Variability
An Analytical Approach for Estimating the Highway Capacity Manual Signalized Intersection Delay Variability
2011,
This article developed a generalized model incorporating three stochastic input...
Modeling and Implementation of Adaptive Transit Signal Priority on Actuated Control Systems
Modeling and Implementation of Adaptive Transit Signal Priority on Actuated Control Systems
2011,
This article describes the development and implementation of adaptive transit signal...
Factorized time‐dependent distributions for certain multiclass queueing networks and an application to enzymatic processing networks
Factorized time‐dependent distributions for certain multiclass queueing networks and an application to enzymatic processing networks
2011,
Motivated by applications in biological systems, we show for certain multiclass...
Asymptotically optimal interruptible service policies for scheduling jobs in a diffusion regime with nondegenerate slowdown
Asymptotically optimal interruptible service policies for scheduling jobs in a diffusion regime with nondegenerate slowdown
2011,
A parallel server system is considered, with I customer classes and many servers,...
Transition from push to pull in the wholesale#47;retail sector: lessons to be learned from lean
Transition from push to pull in the wholesale#47;retail sector: lessons to be learned from lean
2011,
The underlying aim of this paper is to investigate the implications of excessive...
Herding in Queues with Waiting Costs: Rationality and Regret
Herding in Queues with Waiting Costs: Rationality and Regret
2011,
We study how consumers with waiting cost disutility choose between two congested...
Adaptive Appointment Systems with Patient Preferences
Adaptive Appointment Systems with Patient Preferences
2011,
Patients' satisfaction with an appointment system when they attempt to book a...
Product Variety and Capacity Investments in Congested Production Systems
Product Variety and Capacity Investments in Congested Production Systems
2011,
We investigate a firm's product line design and capacity investment problem for...
How Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast‐Food Drive‐Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods
How Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast‐Food Drive‐Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods
2011,
In many service industries, companies compete with each other on the basis of the...
Call Centers with Delay Information: Models and Insights
Call Centers with Delay Information: Models and Insights
2011,
In this paper, we analyze a call center with impatient customers. We study how...
A competitive facility location model with elastic demand and patronising behaviour sensitive to location, price and waiting time
A competitive facility location model with elastic demand and patronising behaviour sensitive to location, price and waiting time
2011,
This paper develops a model for facility location optimisation of an entrant firm in a...
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