When Does Forced Idle Time Improve Performance in Polling Models?

DOI10.1287/mnsc.44.8.1079zbMath0989.90041OpenAlexW1976263021MaRDI QIDQ2784014

Robert B. Cooper, Shun-Chen Niu, Mandyam M. Srinivasan

Publication date: 17 April 2002

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.44.8.1079

zbMATH Keywords

decompositionwaiting timespolling modelssetup timesswitchover timesvacation modelscyclic production systemsvariance paradox

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Production models (90B30)

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