Article ID: | iaor19971468 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 42 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 618 |
End Page Number: | 623 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1996 |
Journal: | Management Science |
Authors: | Hassin Refael |
Keywords: | queues: theory, queues: applications |
The following example illustrates the problem treated in this paper: Two gas stations are located one after the other on a main road. A driver who needs to fill his tank sees the queue situation at the first station but not at the second one. The driver estimates the expected waiting time at the first station, compares it to the