Optimal Average Cost Policies for the Two-Terminal Shuttle

DOI10.1287/mnsc.33.5.662zbMath0614.90036OpenAlexW2137031052MaRDI QIDQ4723544

Charles P. Schmidt, Rajat K. Deb

Publication date: 1987

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.33.5.662

zbMATH Keywords

carrierbatch servicetransportation systemoptimal operating policybulk queuetwo terminals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40)

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