Queueing models of call centers: An introduction

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DOI10.1023/A:1020949626017zbMath1013.90090OpenAlexW1608666872MaRDI QIDQ1854722

Ger Koole, Avishai Mandelbaum

Publication date: 27 January 2003

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1020949626017




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