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square-root staffing: a standalone construct

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Service operations

a staffing rule that sets servers equal to offered load plus a safety margin proportional to its square root, balancing service level and cost.

In service operations, square-root staffing refers to a staffing rule that sets servers equal to offered load plus a safety margin proportional to its square root, balancing service level and cost. This meaning comes from Borst (2004) in Operations Research.[1]

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  1. Borst, S., Mandelbaum, A., & Reiman, M. I. (2004). Dimensioning Large Call Centers. Operations Research, 52(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.1030.0081

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