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Finding the Right Number of Servers in Real-World Queuing Systems

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  • Winfried K. Grassmann

    (Department of Computational Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 57N 0W0, Canada)

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Real-life queuing problems tend to be complex and ill-defined, and exact mathematical approaches are therefore illusory. This has to be taken into account when one wants to determine the right number of servers in a real-life queuing system, a problem of considerable practical importance. We suggest a number of approaches to find the number of servers. These approaches are both simple and flexible enough to cover a wide variety of queuing situations. Most of these approaches are based on the normal distribution, and their derivation is similar to the one used in one-period inventory models. Formulas based on classical queuing equations are also discussed.

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  • Winfried K. Grassmann, 1988. "Finding the Right Number of Servers in Real-World Queuing Systems," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 18(2), pages 94-104, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:18:y:1988:i:2:p:94-104
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.18.2.94
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    queues; philosophy of modeling;

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