Queueing Models of Community Correctional Centers in the District of Columbia

Carl M. Harris and T. R. Thiagarajan
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Carl M. Harris: George Washington University
T. R. Thiagarajan: George Washington University

Management Science, 1975, vol. 22, issue 2, 167-171

Abstract: This paper describes the use of GI/M/c and heavy-traffic GI/G/c queues for modeling the utilization of community correctional centers or halfway houses in the District of Columbia. These models arise by considering each bed of a total of c in a facility as, a service channel providing random amounts of service to a constant stream of arrivals. The results have been used to provide decision-makers with means to evaluate facility use. The ultimate strategies are to be based on a subjectively chosen "optimal" balance between customer waiting time to get into the center and relative traffic intensity.

Date: 1975
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