The development of processing schedules when successful service completion is unobservable and/or uncertain

This thesis examines service systems where there is some uncertainty over the successful completion of jobs within the system. Such problems have not been widely studied, with much research assuming that jobs are willing to await service indefinitely and that completion can be immediately observed d...

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Main Author: Punton, Emma
Published: University of Edinburgh 2008
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.739035