On the optimal design of tandem queueing systems with finite buffers

DOI10.1007/BF01149164zbMath0855.60093OpenAlexW2032965878MaRDI QIDQ1923635

Frederick S. Hillier, Kut C. So

Publication date: 27 January 1997

Published in: Queueing Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01149164

zbMATH Keywords

tandem queuesoptimal designbowl phenomenon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Queues and service in operations research (90B22)

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Optimization and analysis of a tandem queueing system with parallel channel at second station ⋮ PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THE TWO-NODE QUEUE WITH FINITE BUFFERS ⋮ Operational capacity allocation for unreliable module-based assembly systems. ⋮ Optimal workload allocation in closed queueing networks with state dependent queues ⋮ Buffer and server allocation in general multi-server queueing networks ⋮ Buffer allocation in general single-server queueing networks ⋮ A recursive algorithm for generating the transition matrices of multistation multiserver exponential reliable queueing networks ⋮ Stability of Two-Stage Queues with Blocking ⋮ Server allocation for zero buffer tandem queues

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