eprintid: 383 rev_number: 13 eprint_status: archive userid: 7 dir: disk0/00/00/03/83 datestamp: 2011-11-26 20:24:37 lastmod: 2015-05-29 20:00:25 status_changed: 2011-11-26 20:25:00 type: report metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Heilio, M. creators_name: Luczak, M. creators_name: Ommeren, J.C.W. creators_name: Scheinhardt, W.R.W. title: Multi-media Call Centres ispublished: pub subjects: discrete subjects: telecom studygroups: esgi39 full_text_status: public abstract: We consider a multi-media call centre answering customer requests as a queueing network with priority classes. We use differential equations to analyse its performance as the system becomes large and approaches a 'fluid limit'. We also suggest how to approximate average delays using existing algorithms for the classical M/ G/ c queueing model. date: 2000 citation: Heilio, M. and Luczak, M. and Ommeren, J.C.W. and Scheinhardt, W.R.W. (2000) Multi-media Call Centres. [Study Group Report] document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/383/1/Multi-media-call-centres.pdf