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14 2 Vol. 14 No. 2 20 11 4 IndustrialEngineering Journal April 2011 , ( , 230009) : M /M / n / n / , , , ; , , ; : ; ; ; : F253. 4 : A : 1007-7375( 20 11) 02-006 1-05 Queuing Theory-Based Operation Policies forCarRenting W ng Ju n, Y ng A -i feng ( School ofM n gem ent, H efeiUn iversity of T echnology, H efei 230009, Ch in ) Abstract: In c r renting, custom er dem nds rent l tmi e re subject to r ndom v ri tion. Thus, it is d ifficu lt tomodel nd optmi ize such process. The c r renting is tre ted s re l-tmi e queu ing process. B sed on th is concept, for c r rent l comp ny, mi ing tm xmi izing its profit by determ ining the number of veh icles needed, m them tic lmodel is developed. W ith this mode,l the profit obt ined by tw o comp nies under cooper tion is comp redw ith th t obt ined w ithout cooper tion. R esults show th t more profit c n be ob- t ined w ith cooper tion th n w ithout cooper tion. Furthermore, b sed on the tot l profit incre se for the two cooper tive comp n ies, the ccept ble sublet price r nge is presented. Thus, by using the proposed method, c r renting comp ny c n select itsmost profit ble oper tion policy. Numeric l ex mp les re given to verify the proposed method. ey words: c r renting; queu ing theory; independent oper tion; cooper tion , , , , , [ 4 ] , ; L i 2 , , [ 1]