Two fluid approximations for multi-server queues with abandonments

DOI10.1016/j.orl.2004.09.002zbMath1090.90043OpenAlexW1983484708MaRDI QIDQ2488231

Ward Whitt

Publication date: 25 August 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2004.09.002

zbMATH Keywords

Diffusion approximationsCall centersFluid limitsHeavy-traffic limitsMulti-server queues with abandonmentQueues with state-dependent rates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Queues and service in operations research (90B22)

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