Modeling a Phone Center: Analysis of a Multichannel, Multiresource Processor Shared Loss System
建立了一个多类处理器共享损失系统模型，用于分析呼入电话中心的人力、通信和信息技术资源的交互影响，并给出了产品形式解和性能指标表达式。
This paper presents a model for the study of operations at an inbound call center. The call center is modeled as a multiclass processor shared loss system, where the interacting effects of human, telecommunication, and information technology resources are explicitly incorporated. Product form solutions and approximations for this type of system are provided along with expressions for performance measures like blocking and reneging. Some structural properties of system throughput are analyzed in an effort to pave the way for future optimization studies dealing with the design and management of phone centers.