Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Simulation (AMMS 2017)

Sensitivity Analysis of a Simulation Model for Managing Contact Centers with Impatient Customers

Authors
Chia-Hung Wang, Bin Zhu
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Chia-Hung Wang
Available Online November 2017.
DOI
10.2991/amms-17.2017.69How to use a DOI?
Keywords
arena simulation; queueing system; contact center; balking; reneging
Abstract

Having worked as the primary contact points among customers and companies in the last decades, contact centers become a great investment for many organizations. This paper aims to study a queuing system with abandonments for managing the modern contact centers, where the impatient customers would probably abandon their calls if their patience expires before they reach a service agent. We develop an Arena simulation model to determine the system performance of interest. To figure out some useful managerial insights, we conduct a sensitivity analysis of the proposed system through a series of numerical experiments. The contribution of this study is to help managers achieve a better understanding of the optimal design and operation at the real-world contact centers.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Simulation (AMMS 2017)
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
Publication Date
November 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-433-0
ISSN
1951-6851
DOI
10.2991/amms-17.2017.69How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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