Keyword: queues: applications

Found 872 papers in total
Legal risk in agriculture: right-to-farm laws and institutional change
Legal risk in agriculture: right-to-farm laws and institutional change
2003,
This paper develops an economic model of producer and residential-neighbor behavior to...
Alternative risk financing instruments for swine epidemics
Alternative risk financing instruments for swine epidemics
2003,
Swine epidemics can have very large devastating financial consequences. Governments...
Evaluation of the interaction of risk management tools for cotton and soybeans
Evaluation of the interaction of risk management tools for cotton and soybeans
2003,
The interaction of alternative insurance designs with futures hedging and the purchase...
Designing the optimal robotic milking barn by applying a queuing network approach
Designing the optimal robotic milking barn by applying a queuing network approach
2003,
The design of various conventional dairy barns is based on centuries of experience,...
Sensitivity analysis for output performance measures in long-range dependent queueing system
Sensitivity analysis for output performance measures in long-range dependent queueing system
2004,
Internet traffic has been shown to exhibit characteristics that are very different...
Performance analysis of a call center with interactive voice response units
Performance analysis of a call center with interactive voice response units
2004,
A call center may be defined as a service unit where a group of agents handle a large...
Computer modelling of a cataract waiting list
Computer modelling of a cataract waiting list
2001,
Aim – To compare strategies for determining admission dates for patients...
Booked inpatient admissions and hospital capacity: mathematical modelling study
Booked inpatient admissions and hospital capacity: mathematical modelling study
2002,
Objectives: To Investigate the variability of patients' length of stay in intensive...
Strategically seeking service: how competition can generate Poisson arrivals
Strategically seeking service: how competition can generate Poisson arrivals
2004,
We consider a simple game in which strategic agents select arrival times to a service...
Facility location models for immobile servers with stochastic demand
Facility location models for immobile servers with stochastic demand
2004,
This paper presents several models for the location of facilities subject to...
An emergency facility with minimal admission
An emergency facility with minimal admission
2002,
We study an M/M/ [∞] queuing system in which each arrival has a random...
A stochastic modeling approach to real-time prediction of queue overflows
A stochastic modeling approach to real-time prediction of queue overflows
2003,
Queue overflow is a critical issue in developing queue prediction technologies for...
Structure of the transition zone behind freeway queues
Structure of the transition zone behind freeway queues
2003,
Observations of freeway traffic flow are usually scattered about an underlying curve...
Queuing network analysis approach for estimating the sizes of the time buffers in Theory of Constraints-controlled production systems
Queuing network analysis approach for estimating the sizes of the time buffers in Theory of Constraints-controlled production systems
2004,
The present paper describes an open queuing network modelling approach to estimate the...
Mixed assembly and disassembly operations for remanufacturing
Mixed assembly and disassembly operations for remanufacturing
2003,
In this paper we consider the problem of designing a mixed assembly–disassembly...
Appointment policies in service operations: A critical analysis of the economic framework
Appointment policies in service operations: A critical analysis of the economic framework
2003,
In this paper review the literature on appointment policies, specifically in terms of...
Dynamic staffing in a telephone call center aiming to immediately answer calls
Dynamic staffing in a telephone call center aiming to immediately answer calls
1999,
This paper proposes practical modeling and analysis methods to facilitate dynamic...
Outpatient scheduling in health care: a review of literature
Outpatient scheduling in health care: a review of literature
2003,
This paper provides a comprehensive survey of research on appointment scheduling in...
Optimal grouping for a nuclear magnetic resonance scanner by means of an open queueing model
Optimal grouping for a nuclear magnetic resonance scanner by means of an open queueing model
2003,
In this paper we analyze how a nuclear magnetic resonance scanner can be managed more...
Price and delay competition between two service providers
Price and delay competition between two service providers
2003,
In this paper we study situations in which two firms offer identical service for...
Modeling dialup internet access: an examination of user-to-modem ratios, blocking probability, and capacity planning in a modem pool
Modeling dialup internet access: an examination of user-to-modem ratios, blocking probability, and capacity planning in a modem pool
2003,
In the near future, dialup connections will remain as one of the most popular methods...
On effect of product variety in production–inventory systems
On effect of product variety in production–inventory systems
2004,
In this paper, we examine the effect of product variety on inventory costs in a...
Capital investment appraisal: a new risk premium model
Capital investment appraisal: a new risk premium model
2003,
Net Present Value (NPV) is the principal valuation model of the financial literature....
Unified framework for describing and comparing the dynamics of pull control policies
Unified framework for describing and comparing the dynamics of pull control policies
2004,
In this paper we propose a unified formulation based on (min, +) algebra to...
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