Using different response-time requirements to smooth time-varying demand for service

DOI10.1016/S0167-6377(99)00006-1zbMATH Open0967.90027OpenAlexW2044758953WikidataQ127061415 ScholiaQ127061415MaRDI QIDQ1306361FDOQ1306361

Authors: Ward Whitt 

Publication date: 1999

Published in: Operations Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-6377(99)00006-1

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zbMATH Keywords

nonstationary queuestime-varying demandpriority queuesinfinite-server queuesdeterministic fluid modelsoffered-load modelssmoothing time-varying demand

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queues and service in operations research (90B22)

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