Abstract
In a queueing system that does not serve each customer immediately upon his arrival, a risk-neutral customer will attempt to arrive at a time that minimizes the expected length of his wait. This paper extends the conventional analysis of queues by examining a model in which each customer can choose the time at which to join a queue. We consider a system in which a finite number of customers are simultaneously served at predetermined times that follow a known schedule.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 273-278 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Transportation Science |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |