Infinite-server queueing models of demand in healthcare: A review of applications and ideas for further work.
David WorthingtonMartin UtleyDan SuenPublished in: J. Oper. Res. Soc. (2020)
Keyphrases
- queueing model
- steady state
- finite capacity
- arrival rate
- independent and identically distributed
- single server
- service times
- state dependent
- stationary distribution
- arrival process
- call center
- queueing systems
- offered load
- stochastic models
- service systems
- queue length
- holding cost
- queueing networks
- queueing theory
- markov chain
- special case
- random walk
- information systems
- random variables
- heavy traffic
- asymptotically optimal
- parallel machines
- lead time