A Phase-Type Approach to Modelling Multi-Skill Call Centers

Publication: ResearchConference abstract for conference – Annual report year: 2008

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Routing schemes based on the waiting time of the customers in queue are common in call centers. These often take the form of thresholds at which overflow to other groups of agents is allowed. Using phase-type distributions an approximation for the waiting-time distribution in such systems is obtained.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date2008
StatePublished

Conference

ConferenceINFORMS Annual Meeting Washington D.C. 2008
CountryUnited States
CityWashington D.C.
Period12-10-0815-10-08
Internet addresshttp://meetings2.informs.org/DC08/index.html

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