Optimally scheduling \(N\) customer arrival times for a single-server system

DOI10.1016/S0305-0548(96)00093-7zbMath0894.90065WikidataQ104740102 ScholiaQ104740102MaRDI QIDQ1370658

Pu Patrick Wang

Publication date: 26 October 1997

Published in: Computers \& Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

single-server systemmatrix algebraic manipulationmean flow-timesphase-type distribution functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Nonlinear programming (90C30) Queues and service in operations research (90B22)

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Uses Software

• cheney-kincaid

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