Keyword: queues: applications

Found 872 papers in total
Balancing congestion and security in the presence of strategic applicants with private information
Balancing congestion and security in the presence of strategic applicants with private information
2011,
Concerns on security and congestion appear in security screening which is used to...
Analytical approximations to predict performance measures of markovian type manufacturing systems with job failures and parallel processing
Analytical approximations to predict performance measures of markovian type manufacturing systems with job failures and parallel processing
2011,
Manufacturing or service systems with multiple product classes, job circulation due to...
Conceptual modeling to optimize the haul and transfer of municipal solid waste
Conceptual modeling to optimize the haul and transfer of municipal solid waste
2009,
The time based optimization model is easier to develop, since it is based on readily...
Effects of bed configurations at a hospital emergency department
Effects of bed configurations at a hospital emergency department
2011,
This paper analysed and optimised the patient flow of a public hospital emergency...
A Time‐Dependent Spatial Queueing Model for the Daily Deployment of Airtankers for Forest Fire Control
A Time‐Dependent Spatial Queueing Model for the Daily Deployment of Airtankers for Forest Fire Control
2010,
Each day forest fire managers must decide how many airtankers to acquire for the day...
Stochastic hybrid simulation
Stochastic hybrid simulation
2011,
This is a summary of the author’s PhD thesis supervised by Bart Scheers and...
Order‐fulfillment performance analysis of an assemble‐to‐order system with unreliable machines
Order‐fulfillment performance analysis of an assemble‐to‐order system with unreliable machines
2010,
We study a multi‐item, multiple classes of demand,...
Quality–Speed Conundrum: Trade‐offs in Customer‐Intensive Services
Quality–Speed Conundrum: Trade‐offs in Customer‐Intensive Services
2011,
In many services, the quality or value provided by the service increases with the time...
The problem of the initial transient (again), or why MSER works
The problem of the initial transient (again), or why MSER works
2010,
In a comprehensive study of methods for mitigating the problem of the initial...
A heuristic method for the minimum toll booth problem
A heuristic method for the minimum toll booth problem
2010,
This paper addresses the toll pricing problem in which the objective is to minimize...
Modelling and analysis of service parts logistics systems
Modelling and analysis of service parts logistics systems
2011,
Many organisations purchase equipment that is subject to unpredictable failures to...
Stochastic flow shop scheduling model for the Panama Canal
Stochastic flow shop scheduling model for the Panama Canal
2011,
Reducing transit time is becoming increasingly important in maritime shipping of...
Design and Analysis of Diagnostic Service Centers
Design and Analysis of Diagnostic Service Centers
2010,
In the health-care domain, diagnostic service centers provide advice to patients over...
An application of a Jackson network for waiting time reduction at the emergency care center
An application of a Jackson network for waiting time reduction at the emergency care center
2010,
Patients entering an emergency care center in a hospital usually visit medical...
Queueing Model Improves IBM's Semiconductor Capacity and Lead-Time Management
Queueing Model Improves IBM's Semiconductor Capacity and Lead-Time Management
2010,
At IBM's 300 mm semiconductor plant in East Fishkill, New York, we developed and...
Optimal flexibility configurations in newsvendor networks: Going beyond chaining and pairing
Optimal flexibility configurations in newsvendor networks: Going beyond chaining and pairing
2010,
We study the classical problem of capacity and flexible technology selection with a...
A make-to-stock manufacturing system with component commonality: A queuing approach
A make-to-stock manufacturing system with component commonality: A queuing approach
2010,
In this article a manufacturing system that features component commonality and a...
Robustness of efficient server assignment policies to service time distributions in finite‐buffered lines
Robustness of efficient server assignment policies to service time distributions in finite‐buffered lines
2010,
We study the assignment of flexible servers to stations in tandem lines with service...
Optimal staffing policy for queueing systems with cyclic demands
Optimal staffing policy for queueing systems with cyclic demands
2010,
Although the profit loss from business resulting from queueing systems is quite...
Capacity planning with sequential time constraints under various control policies in the back-end of wafer fabrications
Capacity planning with sequential time constraints under various control policies in the back-end of wafer fabrications
2010,
To ensure final product yield, engineers have to set up queue time limits for...
Ensuring feasibility in location problems with stochastic demands and congestion
Ensuring feasibility in location problems with stochastic demands and congestion
2009,
A location problem with stochastic demand and congestion where mobile servers respond...
Staffing multi-skill call centers via search methods and a performance approximation
Staffing multi-skill call centers via search methods and a performance approximation
2009,
A multi-skill staffing problem in a call center where the agent skill sets are...
Stock rationing in an M/Er/1 multi-class make-to-stock queue with backorders
Stock rationing in an M/Er/1 multi-class make-to-stock queue with backorders
2009,
A model of a single-item make-to-stock production system is presented. The item is...
Terror queues
Terror queues
2010,
This article presents the first models developed specifically for understanding the...
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