Monotone Optimal Policies for a Transient Queueing Staffing Problem.
Michael C. FuSteven I. MarcusI-Jeng WangPublished in: Oper. Res. (2000)
Keyphrases
- optimal policy
- state dependent
- steady state
- long run
- call center
- arrival rate
- queue length
- markov decision processes
- decision problems
- state space
- reinforcement learning
- dynamic programming
- finite horizon
- queueing model
- infinite horizon
- markov chain
- multistage
- average reward
- initial state
- average cost
- heavy traffic
- sufficient conditions
- asymptotically optimal
- finite state
- upper bound
- serial inventory systems
- policy iteration
- inventory level
- fluid model
- queueing networks
- lost sales
- queueing systems
- dynamic programming algorithms
- markov decision process
- service times
- optimal control
- control policies