Article ID: | iaor20062332 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 191 |
End Page Number: | 198 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
Journal: | Operations Research Letters |
Authors: | Hassin Refael, Haviv Moshe |
We consider a memoryless single server queue with two classes of customers, each having its fixed entry fee. We show that profit and social welfare may benefit from a service discipline based on relative priorities.