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Queues with a variable number of servers

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  • Li, Hui & Yang, Tao, 2000. "Queues with a variable number of servers," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 124(3), pages 615-628, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:124:y:2000:i:3:p:615-628
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    1. Bruce Andrews & Henry Parsons, 1993. "Establishing Telephone-Agent Staffing Levels through Economic Optimization," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 23(2), pages 14-20, April.
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    2. Alexander Dudin & Olga Dudina & Sergei Dudin & Konstantin Samouylov, 2021. "Analysis of Multi-Server Queue with Self-Sustained Servers," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(17), pages 1-18, September.
    3. Srinivas R. Chakravarthy & Alexander N. Dudin & Sergey A. Dudin & Olga S. Dudina, 2023. "Queueing System with Potential for Recruiting Secondary Servers," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-24, January.
    4. De Angelis, Vanda & Felici, Giovanni & Impelluso, Paolo, 2003. "Integrating simulation and optimisation in health care centre management," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 150(1), pages 101-114, October.

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