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A Mathematical Model of the Illinois Interlibrary Loan Network: Report Number Three.
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Rouse, William B.; Rouse, Sandra H. – 1976
A mathematical model was used to consider alternative request routing policies for use in the Illinois Library and Information Network. Given data on interlibrary loan demands, the probability of request success, processing and delivery times for various libraries, and a network request routing policy, the model predicted the probability of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Processing, Failure, Information Services