A Library Network Model.

Rouse, William B.

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ERIC Number: EJ141601

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Publication Date: 1976

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A Library Network Model

Rouse, William B.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 27, 2, 88-99, Mar-Apr 76

The performance of an interlibrary loan network is characterized by the probability of satisfying a request, delay in satisfying a request, total and unit costs, and processing load on each network member. In this article, a distributed queueing network is used to model this situation. (Author)

Descriptors: Evaluation, Interlibrary Loans, Library Administration, Library Networks, Library Planning, Mathematical Models

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