An approximation for the inverse distribution function of a combination of random variables, with an application to operating theatres Footnote†

†This paper is part of a Ph.D. Thesis, currently being carried out under the guidance of Dr. E. Merzbach and Prof. N. Rudy, at the Department of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

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