On the structure of value functions for threshold policies in queueing models

DOI10.1239/JAP/1059060891zbMath1066.93064OpenAlexW2008846452MaRDI QIDQ4462692

Ger Koole, Sandjai Bhulai

Publication date: 18 May 2004

Published in: Journal of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1239/jap/1059060891

zbMATH Keywords

difference equationaverage costpolicy iterationthreshold policymultiple servicemultiserver queue

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Optimal stochastic control (93E20)

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