Keyword: queues: applications

Found 872 papers in total
On customer contact centres with a call-back option: customer decisions, routing rules, and system design
On customer contact centres with a call-back option: customer decisions, routing rules, and system design
2004,
Organizations worldwide use contact centers as an important channel of communication...
A queueing framework for routing problems with time-dependent travel times
A queueing framework for routing problems with time-dependent travel times
2007,
Assigning and scheduling vehicle routes in a dynamic environment is a crucial...
Measuring performance in the presence of stochastic demand for hospital services: an analysis of Belgian general care hospitals
Measuring performance in the presence of stochastic demand for hospital services: an analysis of Belgian general care hospitals
2007,
Since demand for hospital services is subject to substantial variability, the...
The effect of queuing representations on modeling transit signal priority systems in mixed mode operation
The effect of queuing representations on modeling transit signal priority systems in mixed mode operation
2007,
This paper examines quantitatively the effect of modeling assumptions on transit...
Observational study of operating room times for knee and hip replacement surgery at nine U.S. community hospitals
Observational study of operating room times for knee and hip replacement surgery at nine U.S. community hospitals
2006,
Knee ( N = 185) and hip ( N = 140) replacement cases were studied at nine community...
Using a Bayesian belief network model to categorize length of stay for radical prostatectomy patients
Using a Bayesian belief network model to categorize length of stay for radical prostatectomy patients
2006,
A clinical pathway implements best medical practices and represents sequencing and...
A network flow approach to optimizing hospital bed capacity decisions
A network flow approach to optimizing hospital bed capacity decisions
2006,
The delivery of cost-effective and quality hospital-based health care remains an...
A rule based approach for aircraft dispatching to emerging targets
A rule based approach for aircraft dispatching to emerging targets
2004,
We consider strategies to handle time critical targets in a battlefield. These targets...
Diffusion approximations for a multiclass Markovian service system with ‘guaranteed’ and ‘best-effort’ service levels
Diffusion approximations for a multiclass Markovian service system with ‘guaranteed’ and ‘best-effort’ service levels
2004,
This paper considers a Markovian model of a service system motivated by communication...
Extensions to emergency vehicle location models
Extensions to emergency vehicle location models
2006,
This paper is concerned with extending models for the maximal covering location...
The multiple server location problem
The multiple server location problem
2007,
In this paper, we introduce the Multiple Server location problem. A given number of...
An optimum maintenance strategy for machine repair problem with spares and server vacations
An optimum maintenance strategy for machine repair problem with spares and server vacations
2006,
This paper studies the machine repair problem consisting of M operating machines with...
Inventory control in a multi-supplier system
Inventory control in a multi-supplier system
2006,
An enterprise network is analyzed from the viewpoint of an end-product manufacturer...
Allocating servers to facilities, when demand is elastic to travel and waiting times
Allocating servers to facilities, when demand is elastic to travel and waiting times
2005,
Public inoculation centers are examples of facilities providing service to customers...
A study on a two unit standby system with Erlangian repair time
A study on a two unit standby system with Erlangian repair time
2004,
A two-unit cold standby system is considered. The failure rate of a unit is a constant...
Bootstrap confidence intervals for steady-state availability
Bootstrap confidence intervals for steady-state availability
2004,
Steady-state availability, denoted by A, has been widely used as a measure to evaluate...
A queueing model for a two-stage stochastic manufacturing system with overlapping operations
A queueing model for a two-stage stochastic manufacturing system with overlapping operations
2006,
This paper presents analytical expressions for estimating average process batch flow...
Grouping machines for effective workload control
Grouping machines for effective workload control
2006,
Workload control (WLC) allows the release of new orders to the shop floor as long as...
Scheduling for on-line k delivery-carts problem on a real line and its competitive strategy
Scheduling for on-line k delivery-carts problem on a real line and its competitive strategy
2005,
The on-line problem of k delivery-carts on a real line is studied in this paper, which...
Optimal processing policies for an e-commerce Web server
Optimal processing policies for an e-commerce Web server
2005,
The explosive growth in online shopping has provided online retailers impressive...
Truth-telling equilibria for Bayesian games arising from sequencing situations
Truth-telling equilibria for Bayesian games arising from sequencing situations
2006,
This paper considers one-machine sequencing situations with linear costs in which the...
Stochastic bed balancing of an obstetrics hospital
Stochastic bed balancing of an obstetrics hospital
2006,
Health care is one of the largest industries in the developed world and the top...
A threshold quasi birth–death queuing model for web server system
A threshold quasi birth–death queuing model for web server system
2005,
This paper proposes queueing models for a Web server system which is composed of an...
Integration of capacity planning techniques for tool portfolio planning in semiconductor manufacturing
Integration of capacity planning techniques for tool portfolio planning in semiconductor manufacturing
2001,
Because semiconductor wafer manufacturing plants are large manufacturing systems with...
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