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 ...

Queuing techniques are systems put in place to serve customers in an orderly manner. Queuing techniques prevent chaos in customer service by ensuring the company can serve one at a time, on an ...

In this paper we consider a class of job shops with a dispatch area and a machine shop, where operational controls are exercised at the dispatch area as well as at the machine shop. For such dynamic ...

A queuing model has been developed that predicts how long a plane will wait before takeoff, given weather conditions, runway traffic, and incoming and outgoing flight schedules. The model may help air ...

The basic assumptions used in developing the Quick Analysis Tool for Airport Roadways (QATAR) curbside queuing model are presented in the following. Several excellent texts on queuing theory are ...