Title
A queueing model for managing small projects under uncertainties.
Abstract
•Home improvement contractors tend to accept multiple projects to keep his crew members busy.•Accepting multiple projects can cause unsatisfied customers to abandon and/or file complaints.•We develop a queueing model to determine optimal admission policy by capturing the tradeoff.•We present analytical results and examine issues including productivity and pricing.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.ejor.2016.02.052
European Journal of Operational Research
Keywords
Field
DocType
Project management,Multi-projects,Queueing models,Optimization
Drawback,Implicit cost,Crew,Queueing theory,Operations management,Mathematics,Project management,Cash flow
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
253
3
0377-2217
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jiaru Bai130.76
Kut C. So213612.77
Christopher Tang310.69