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Healthcare queueing models. [PDF]
Healthcare systems differ intrinsically from manufacturing systems. As such, they require a distinct modeling approach. In this article, we show how to construct a queueing model of a general class of healthcare systems.
Lambrecht, Marc, Creemers, Stefan
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Climate Change and (Mal)Adaptation in Tourism‐Intensive Alpine Regions
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Tourism, especially in winter, accounts for a large share of economic income in Alpine regions. At the same time, these regions are more severely affected by climate change, leading to shorter winter seasons and reduced snow cover. This presents a pressing issue for areas reliant on income from winter tourism through activities such as skiing.
Valentina Ausserladscheider
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The impact of reneging in processor sharing queues [PDF]
, 2005 We investigate an overloaded processor sharing queue with renewal arrivals and generally distributed service times. Impatient customers may abandon the queue, or renege, before completing service.
Zwart, B. +11 more
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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Approximate analysis of single-server tandem queues with finite buffers [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper we study single-server tandem queues with general service times and finite buffers. Jobs are served according to the Blocking-After-Service protocol.
Bierbooms, R. +3 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
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Marginal queue length approximations for a two-layered network with correlated queues [PDF]
, 2011 We consider an extension of the classical machine-repair model. As opposed to the classical model, we assume that the machines, apart from receiving service from the repairman, also supply service themselves to queues of products.
Vlasiou, Maria Maria +5 more
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Allocating Capacity in Parallel Queues to Improve Their Resilience to Deliberate Attack [PDF]
, 2011 Naval Research Logistics, 58(8), pp. 731-742.We develop models that lend insight into how to design systems that enjoy economies of scale in their operating costs, when those systems will subsequently face disruptions from accidents, acts of nature, or ...
Carlyle, W. Matthew +5 more
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AUGURAL TERRITORIES: On the Prophetic Organizing of the Mid‐range
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article I introduce the concept of augural territories to theorize the urbanism that emerged during pandemic lockdowns. I draw on ethnographic research in Madrid to examine how community‐based responses—including mutual aid networks, food pantries and neighbourhood associations—disrupted the spatial and temporal logics of territorial ...
Alberto Corsín Jiménez
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Approximate expected delay costs for call and contact centre models under light traffic regimes
, 2008 This paper studies the form of certain expected delay costs as a function of the arrival rate for customers who pass through a service facility that allows for reneging and retrials.
Brooms, Anthony C., Bhulai, S.
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