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A Contribution to the Theory of Bulk Queues [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology, 1959
Summary Two general models for a queue in which groups of entities arrive at a single service line and are serviced in groups are defined. Various equilibrium properties for both models are established in terms of the traffic intensity ρ.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Impact of Educational Credentials on the Income Gap between Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Recent Graduates

open access: yesCanadian Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This study uses data from two National Graduate Survey (NGS) cohorts—graduates of 2015 and graduates of 2020—to investigate how educational credentials impact differences in early career income between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous post‐secondary graduates in Canada and whether these differences are conditional on the labour market returns to ...
Kevin Mongeon, Janique Dubois
wiley   +1 more source

Unbundling the Grid: Renewable Capital and the Demise of Electricity as a ‘Public Utility’ in the United States

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT One might think that renewable energies such as solar and wind are flow resources that are conducive to public ownership, but the vast majority of these renewables projects are privately owned. What explains this apparent paradox? This article focuses on the unique case of electricity in the United States to argue that renewable capital must ...
Matthew T. Huber
wiley   +1 more source

An Integrated Queuing Model for Site Selection and Inventory Storage Planning of a Distribution Center with Customer Loss Consideration

open access: yesInternational Journal of Industrial Engineering and Production Research, 2011
Discrete facility location,   Distribution center,   Logistics,   Inventory policy,   Queueing theory,   Markov processes, The distribution center location problem is a crucial question for logistics decision makers.
E. Teimoury, I.G. Khondabi, M. Fathi
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Examining the use of analytics in healthcare operations management: A systematic and narrative literature review

open access: yesDecision Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Healthcare delivery is data intensive and data dependent, but hospitals have struggled to leverage data to improve operational performance. At the same time, healthcare researchers have been advancing the use of analytics in our publications. Unfortunately, there appears to be a substantial gap between the insights that we as researchers have ...
Bogdan Bichescu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A coordination mechanism between the emergency department and inpatient unit to mitigate hospital crowding

open access: yesDecision Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Emergency department (ED) crowding is a typical problem in hospitals across many countries, leading to numerous grievous consequences. One of the major causes of ED crowding is ED boarding, which refers to cases in which patients are delayed being admitted to inpatient wards (IW) due to bed shortages.
Jie Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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