Capacity allocation in a transient queue

B.W.J. Mathijsen; B. Zwart

Capacity allocation in a transient queue

B.W.J. Mathijsen, B. Zwart

Stochastic Operations Research

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Abstract

We consider an optimal capacity allocation problem of a two-period queueing model, being in steady-state in the first time interval, but changing parameters at the instance of the new period. The error in the objective function made by disregarding the transient phase before reaching stationarity in this second interval is quantified and approximated. Furthermore, we analyze the consequence of staffing the system according to its steady-state behavior and propose a corrected staffing rule.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	INFORMS Annual Meeting 2015 (Philadelphia PA, USA, November 1-4, 2015)
Place of Publication	Catonsville
Publisher	INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	INFORMS annual meeting 2015 - Pennsylvania Convention Center & Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Philadelphia, United States Duration: 1 Nov 2015 → 4 Nov 2015 http://meetings.informs.org/philadelphia2015

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Conference	INFORMS annual meeting 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia
Period	1/11/15 → 4/11/15
Internet address	http://meetings.informs.org/philadelphia2015

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Capacity allocation in a transient queue

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