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Operations Research, 1957
One of the least understood classes of operations problems is that concerned with the design, loading, and, especially, the scheduling of discrete, statistically varying flows through complex networks. The present paper abstracts what is perhaps the simplest theoretical question related to this class of problems, and derives expressions for certain ...
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One of the least understood classes of operations problems is that concerned with the design, loading, and, especially, the scheduling of discrete, statistically varying flows through complex networks. The present paper abstracts what is perhaps the simplest theoretical question related to this class of problems, and derives expressions for certain ...
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Waiting lines as a marketing issue
European Management Journal, 1996Abstract Substantial amount of consumers' time is spent waiting in shops, super-markets, banks, law firms, and the like. Waiting lines may imply significant marketing costs and managers should know how to cope with them. The issue is particularly important in the marketing of services where the producer's capacity to provide services just in time and
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The Social Norms of Waiting in Line
Law & Social Inquiry, 2017This article examines the rules and practices of waiting in line as a system of informal order, showing that despite its reputation for drudgery, the queue offers rich insights about social norms and the psychology of cooperation. The article begins by investigating the implicit customs of physical waiting in line, uncovering the surprisingly complex ...
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Sequential Arrays of Waiting Lines
Operations Research, 1956The problem considered in this paper is that in which a sequence of service operations must be performed on the units to be serviced. Poisson arrivals and exponential service times are assumed. Four particular cases of service facilities in series are treated, involving infinite storage space between stages, no storage space between stages, finite ...
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Waiting Time Equalized Collaborative Passenger Flow Control Model in Peak Hours for a Subway Line
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2022Hongjiao Xue, Jianyuan Guo
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RF-Based Device-Free Counting of People Waiting in Line: A Modular Approach
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2022Mauro De Sanctis +2 more
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Reducing Wait Times and Wait Lines at the AMS Foodbank
The key issue: The Alma Mater Society (AMS) Food Bank at the University of British Columbia (UBC) faces an unprecedented demand in its services, reflective of a broader national trend of increased food insecurity across Canada. This has led to longer queues and wait times, which the foodbank users (clients) find uncomfortable and dehumanizing.openaire +1 more source
Investigating the impact of service line formats on satisfaction with waiting
International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2021Piyush Kumar
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