A Study of the Effects of Implementing a Computer-based System for Course Reserve Preparation at Carpenter Library Using Simulation1980 - Academic libraries - 122 pages |
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Appendix arrival rates ARRIVING LISTS ASSUMED DISTRIBUTIONS AVAILABLE SERVER awaiting secondary service book title BOOK TYPE BOOKS WERE ORDERED BRANCH LIBRARIES call number CARPENTER LIBRARY RAN CMPT=MAX SERVER conditional probabilities course reserve collection COURSE RESERVE SYSTEM current period DECLARE due date erlang distribution establish the course exponential distribution fall semester FLOAT FLOOR CMPT/8 FOLLOWING SECTION four semesters gamma distribution GO TO ADU HOLD THE NUMBER incoming list initial service interarrival last service period library staff list awaiting secondary LIST HOLD list size distribution LISTS ARRIVED Master of Engineering NMBK NUMBER OF BOOKS number of lists number of titles OUTPUT PEEK performed period counter PERMANENT COURSE RESERVE PERSONAL COPIES POINTER PUT FILE PUT SKIP EDIT PUT SKIP EDIT(NMBK RARG repeated title SECTION DETERMINES SECTION IS SECTION servers available SERVICED TITLES SIMULATED PERIOD SS THEN BKOT ST 2 SERVICE stage one service stage two holding total number type six book values