Nahmias, Steven; Rothkopf, Michael H. - In: Management Science 30 (1984) 9, pp. 1113-1120
This paper develops two stochastic models of an internal mail delivery system in which a single clerk picks up, sorts and delivers mail to a closed loop of offices. The two models differ in whether deliveries are made at scheduled times or not. For a model in which all mail picked up each round...