On the Benefits of Providing Timely Information in Ticket Queues with Balking and Calling Times
We study a phenomenon causing server time loss in ticket queues with balking and calling time. A customer who balks from the queue after printing a ticket leaves a virtual entity in the queue that requires server time to be cleared. The longer the queue, the larger the proportion of customers abando...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-10-01
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Series: | Mathematics |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/21/2753 |