Search Results - subject:"Queuing theory."

Wu, Chenguang (Allen); Jin, Chen; Chen, Ying-Ju - 2021

This work is motivated by the common practice of add-on pricing, where an add-on is not valuable unless purchased together with the main service. For example, many restaurants serve free bread or complimentary drinks (add-on) while diners are waiting for their entrees (main service) to be...

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An Emergency Department Patient Flow Model Based on Queueing Theory Principles

Wiler, Jennifer; Bolandifar, Ehsan; Griffey, Richard T.; … - 2021

ObjectivesThe objective was to derive and validate a novel queuing theory–based model that predicts the effect of … expected to reduce LWBS rates by approximately 0.8%.ConclusionsThis novel queuing theory–based model predicts the effect of …, input variables were modified to adapt this model to the ED setting, while satisfying the underlying assumptions of queueing …

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Service Capacity Competition with Peak Arrivals and Delay Sensitive Customers

Wang, Haiyan; Olsen, Tava Lennon; Liu, Guiqing - 2021

We study capacity competition in a service environment where the arrival rates are highly seasonal (e.g., lunch time rushes) and customers are time sensitive, so may depart without receiving service if the waiting time is too long. As a stepping stone for the competitive model, we begin by...

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On uniform exponential ergodicity of Markovian multiclass many-server queues in the Halfin-Whitt regime

Arapostathis, Ari; Hmedi, Hassan; Pang, Guodong - In: Mathematics of operations research 46 (2021) 2, pp. 772-796

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Equilibrium strategies of the fluid queue with working vacation

Wang, Shuo; Xu, Xiuli - In: Operational research : an international journal 21 (2021) 2, pp. 1211-1228

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Stochastic modelling and simulation of a kidney transplant waiting list

Cechlárová, Katarína; Hančová, Martina; … - In: Central European journal of operations research 29 (2021) 3, pp. 909-931

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Berth assignment for liner carrier clusters under a cooperative environment

Zheng, Jianfeng; Yang, Lingxiao; Han, Wencheng; Sun, Yulong - In: Computers & operations research : and their … 136 (2021), pp. 1-13

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Routing analyses for call centers with human and automated services

Legros, Benjamin - In: International journal of production economics 240 (2021), pp. 1-15

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Managing price and fleet size for courier service with shared drones

Pei, Zhi; Dai, Xu; Yuan, Yilun; Du, Rui; Changchun, Liu - In: Omega : the international journal of management science 104 (2021), pp. 1-20

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The multi-trip vehicle routing problem with time windows and unloading queue at depot

Huang, Nan; Li, Jiliu; Zhu, Wenbin; Hu, Qin - In: Transportation research / E : an international journal 152 (2021), pp. 1-25

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