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MANSCI
2008
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13 years 9 months ago
Staffing Multiskill Call Centers via Linear Programming and Simulation
We study an iterative cutting-plane algorithm on an integer program, for minimizing the staffing costs of a multiskill call center subject to service-level requirements which are e...
Mehmet Tolga Çezik, Pierre L'Ecuyer
WSC
2007
14 years 3 days ago
A model for contact center analysis and simulation
In this paper we depart from a set of simple assumptions regarding the behavior of a pool of customers associated with an enterprise’s contact center. We assume that the pool of...
Juan M. Huerta
CP
2005
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Dimensioning an Inbound Call Center Using Constraint Programming
One of the critical problems in the call center industries is the staffing problem since they must face variable demands and because staff costs represent a major part of the cost...
Cyril Canon, Jean-Charles Billaut, Jean-Louis Bouq...
WSC
2007
14 years 3 days ago
Partial cross training in call centers with uncertain arrivals and global service level agreements
Inbound call center operations are challenging to manage; there is considerable uncertainty in estimates of arrival rates, and the operation is often subject to strict service lev...
Thomas R. Robbins, Terry P. Harrison, Deborah J. M...
APSCC
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
An Agent Scheduling Optimization for Call Centers
A suitable assignment of agents to handle the workload at a call center is not easy to fulfill because it requires a combinatorial optimization with large solution space and the n...
Chiaki Hishinuma, Masaaki Kanakubo, Takuma Goto