Staffing for many-server systems facing non-standard arrival processes

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2021.07.046zbMath1490.90089arXiv2006.00515MaRDI QIDQ2242346

M. Heemskerk, Britt Mathijsen, M. R. H. Mandjes

Publication date: 9 November 2021

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.00515

zbMATH Keywords

queueing; applied probability; OR in health services

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60K25: Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory)

90B22: Queues and service in operations research

90B90: Case-oriented studies in operations research

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