Allocating servers to facilities, when demand is elastic to travel and waiting times
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Allocating servers to facilities, when demand is elastic to travel and waiting times
Public inoculation centers are examples of facilities providing service to customers whose demand is elastic to travel and waiting time. That is, people will not travel too far, or stay in line for too long to obtain the service. The goal, when planning such services, is to maximize the demand they attract, by locating centers and staffing them so as to reduce customers’ travel time and time sp...
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عنوان ژورنال: RAIRO - Operations Research
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0399-0559,1290-3868
DOI: 10.1051/ro:2006002