This paper has been motivated by a fleet optimization problem faced by one of the leading European cargo rail companies. The company operates a fleet of more than 100,000 rail cars and annually ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents a new class of queuing models. There are n distinct types of customers and n distinct types of service facilities. Some ...

Although queuing, or taking a place in line, is rarely anyone's favorite activity, it's the cornerstone of efficiency and organization for many companies. The idea is simple: At any given moment, ...

Queueing-Inventory Systems represent a critical integration of queueing theory and inventory management, merging the stochastic nature of customer arrivals and service times with the practical ...