Keyword: queues: applications

Found 872 papers in total
Stochastic stomach theory of fish: An introduction
1998,
Fish stomach dynamics is discussed and introduced analytically by a simple...
Estimation of the most likely equilibrium traffic queueing pattern in a capacity constrained network
1999,
Network equilibrium models have recently been enhanced by explicitly incorporating...
The queuing theoretic approach to groundwater management
1996,
In this paper I propose and develop a new framework for modeling groundwater...
On planning the optimal supply of hospital beds
1998,
Due to the highly stochastic nature of admission demand, hospitals must have a...
An example of a good but partially successful OR engagement: Improving outpatient clinic operations
1998,
We undertook a study to improve the running of hospital out-patient clinics that were...
Two elevators serving up-traffic
1996,
A model is described for the motion of two elevators serving traffic only from a...
A dynamic stochastic stock-cutting problem
1998,
We consider a stock cutting problem for a paper plant that produces sheets of various...
On the sojourn times for many-queue head-of-the-line processor-sharing systems with permanent customers
1998,
We consider a single server system consisting of n queues with different types of...
Investigating sensitivity and the impact of information of pricing decisions in an M/M/1/∞ queueing model
1998,
We consider a model for optimal pricing for a job shop. The problem is formulated as a...
Lead time selection and the behaviour of work flow in job shops
1998,
Few studies in job shop scheduling consider dynamic shop load and work flow issues....
Waiting line model applications in manufacturing
1998,
Improving manufacturing and attaining manufacturing excellence to gain competitive...
Capacity planning for intensive care units
1998,
In this paper we describe a simulation model for bed capacity planning in Intensive...
Capacity planning for toll roadways incorporating consumer wait time costs
1998,
This paper reports the findings for an investigation concerning capacity planning...
A computing power allocation model in distributed database systems
1998,
The system under study consists of nodes connected to each other by virtual circuits...
Moment estimation of customer loss rates from transactional data
1998,
Moment estimators are proposed for the arrival and customer loss rates of a...
Some reflections on the renewal-theory paradox in queueing theory
1998,
The classical renewal-theory (waiting time, or inspection) paradox states that the...
Probabilistic load scheduling with priorities in distributed computing systems
1998,
In this paper a distributed computing system/network in which two types of loads (or...
An exploration of models that minimize leadtime through batching of arrived orders
1996,
In the last decade interest in work-in-process inventory control has grown. Many...
A general approximation for the single product lot sizing model with queueing delays
1996,
The objective of this paper is to derive a general approximation for the single...
Analysis of a two-level queueing production system with finite dedicated buffers
1998,
This paper analyzes a two-level queueing production system with finite dedicated...
Optimal dispatching control for elevator systems during uppeak traffic
1997,
In this paper we develop optimal dispatching controllers for elevator systems during...
A simple detection scheme for delay-inducing freeway incidents
1997,
This paper describes a freeway incident detection scheme that does not rely on...
The stationary G/G/s queue
1998,
The distribution of the queueing delay in the stationary G/G/s queue is given with an...
Performability measure of acyclic Markovian models
1998,
Continuous-time Markov processes with a finite-state space are generally considered to...
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