Bulk input queues with quorum and multiple vacations (Q1286248)

Summary: The authors study a single-server queueing system with bulk arrivals and batch service in accordance to the general quorum discipline: a batch taken for service is not less than \(r\) and not greater than \(R\) \((\geq r)\). The server takes vacations each time the queue level falls below \(r\) \((\geq 1)\) in accordance with the multiple vacation discipline. The input to the system is assumed to be a compound Poisson process. The analysis of the system is based on the theory of first excess processes developed by the first author. A preliminary analysis of such processes enables the authors to obtain all major characteristics for the queueing process in an analytically tractable form. Some examples and applications are given.