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MANSCI
2008
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15 years 6 months ago
Optimizing Call Center Staffing Using Simulation and Analytic Center Cutting-Plane Methods
We consider the problem of minimizing staffing costs in an inbound call center, while maintaining an acceptable level of service in multiple time periods. The problem is complicat...
Júlíus Atlason, Marina A. Epelman, S...
CONCURRENCY
2002
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15 years 6 months ago
Application portals: practice and experience
The implementation of multiple Grid computing portals has led us to develop a methodology for Grid portal development that facilitates rapid prototyping and building of portals. B...
Mary Thomas, Maytal Dahan, Kurt Mueller, Stephen M...
ICUMT
2009
15 years 4 months ago
Multipath at the transport layer: An end-to-end resilience mechanism
Abstract--As society's dependence on network technology increases, the need for resilience and survivability in these services becomes increasingly apparent. Since the user ex...
Justin P. Rohrer, Ramya Naidu, James P. G. Sterben...
MOBISYS
2011
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Switchboard: a matchmaking system for multiplayer mobile games
— Supporting interactive, multiplayer games on mobile phones over cellular networks is a difficult problem. It is particularly relevant now with the explosion of mostly single-p...
Justin Manweiler, Sharad Agarwal, Ming Zhang, Romi...
SIGMOD
2011
ACM
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14 years 9 months ago
Querying contract databases based on temporal behavior
Considering a broad definition for service contracts (beyond web services and software, e.g. airline tickets and insurance policies), we tackle the challenges of building a high ...
Elio Damaggio, Alin Deutsch, Dayou Zhou