scholarly journals Selective Trunk with Multiserver Reservation

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Bacel Maddah ◽  
Muhammad El-Taha

We consider a queueing model that is primarily applicable to traffic control in communication networks that use the Selective Trunk Reservation technique. Specifically, consider two traffic streams competing for service at ann-server queueing system. Jobs from theprotectedstream, stream 1, are blocked only if allnservers are busy. Jobs from thebest effortstream, stream 2, are blocked ifn-r,  r≥1, servers are busy. Blocked jobs are diverted to a secondary group ofc-nservers with, possibly, a different service rate. We extend the literature that studied this system for the special case ofr=1and present an explicit computational scheme to calculate the joint probabilities of the number of primary and secondary busy servers and related performance measures. We also argue that the model can be useful for bed allocation in a hospital.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Evdokimova ◽  
Sabine Wittevrongel ◽  
Dieter Fiems

This paper investigates the performance of a queueing model with multiple finite queues and a single server. Departures from the queues are synchronised or coupled which means that a service completion leads to a departure in every queue and that service is temporarily interrupted whenever any of the queues is empty. We focus on the numerical analysis of this queueing model in a Markovian setting: the arrivals in the different queues constitute Poisson processes and the service times are exponentially distributed. Taking into account the state space explosion problem associated with multidimensional Markov processes, we calculate the terms in the series expansion in the service rate of the stationary distribution of the Markov chain as well as various performance measures when the system is (i) overloaded and (ii) under intermediate load. Our numerical results reveal that, by calculating the series expansions of performance measures around a few service rates, we get accurate estimates of various performance measures once the load is above 40% to 50%.


1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (A) ◽  
pp. 115-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Böhm ◽  
S. G. Mohanty

In this contribution we consider an M/M/1 queueing model with general server vacations. Transient and steady state analysis are carried out in discrete time by combinatorial methods. Using weak convergence of discrete-parameter Markov chains we also obtain formulas for the corresponding continuous-time queueing model. As a special case we discuss briefly a queueing system with a T-policy operating.


1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (A) ◽  
pp. 115-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Böhm ◽  
S. G. Mohanty

In this contribution we consider an M/M/1 queueing model with general server vacations. Transient and steady state analysis are carried out in discrete time by combinatorial methods. Using weak convergence of discrete-parameter Markov chains we also obtain formulas for the corresponding continuous-time queueing model. As a special case we discuss briefly a queueing system with a T-policy operating.


1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionyssios A. Trivizas

This paper presents results from a doctoral dissertation (reference 12), on the problem of scheduling with Maximum Position Shift (MPS) constraints. The problem typically arises in a queueing system, when the service rate depends on the sequence in which customers are handled by the server. Such a queueing system is the airport runway system, where it has been shown (references 3, 10, 12) that rearranging the sequence of landings and takeoffs affects the runway capacity – that is, the rate of runway operations. An optimal Dynamic Programming (DP) scheduling algorithm is developed that takes as input the set of currently known flights, their desired time of operation, basis of the First Come First Served (FCFS) sequence, and a matrix of Air Traffic Control (ATC) minimum time separations, in order to produce an optimal schedule defined as runway and threshold time assignments maximizing runway capacity.


2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (02) ◽  
pp. 239-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. ARUMUGANATHAN ◽  
K. S. RAMASWAMI

We analyze a Mx/G(a,b)/1 queueing system with fast and slow service rates and multiple vacations. The server does the service with a faster rate or a slower rate based on the queue length. At a service completion epoch (or) at a vacation completion epoch if the number of customers waiting in the queue is greater than or equal to N (N > b), then the service is rendered at a faster rate, otherwise with a slower service rate. After finishing a service, if the queue length is less than 'a' the server leaves for a vacation of random length. When he returns from the vacation, if the queue length is still less than 'a' he leaves for another vacation and so on until he finally finds atleast 'a' customers waiting for service. After a service (or) a vacation, if the server finds atleast 'a' customers waiting for service say ξ, then he serves a batch of min (ξ, b) customers, where b ≥ a. We derive the probability generating function of the queue size at an arbitrary time. Various performance measures are obtained. A cost model is discussed with a numerical solution.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-192
Author(s):  
Shaojun Lan ◽  
Yinghui Tang

Abstract This paper deals with a discrete-time Geo/Geo/1 queueing system with working breakdowns in which customers arrive at the system in variable input rates according to the states of the server. The server may be subject to breakdowns at random when it is in operation. As soon as the server fails, a repair process immediately begins. During the repair period, the defective server still provides service for the waiting customers at a lower service rate rather than completely stopping service. We analyze the stability condition for the considered system. Using the probability generating function technique, we obtain the probability generating function of the steady-state queue size distribution. Also, various important performance measures are derived explicitly. Furthermore, some numerical results are provided to carry out the sensitivity analysis so as to illustrate the effect of different parameters on the system performance measures. Finally, an operating cost function is formulated to model a computer system and the parabolic method is employed to numerically find the optimum service rate in working breakdown period.


Author(s):  
Gregor Selinka ◽  
Raik Stolletz ◽  
Thomas I. Maindl

Many stochastic systems face a time-dependent demand. Especially in stochastic service systems, for example, in call centers, customers may leave the queue if their waiting time exceeds their personal patience. As discussed in the extant literature, it can be useful to use general distributions to model such customer patience. This paper analyzes the time-dependent performance of a multiserver queue with a nonhomogeneous Poisson arrival process with a time-dependent arrival rate, exponentially distributed processing times, and generally distributed time to abandon. Fast and accurate performance approximations are essential for decision support in such queueing systems, but the extant literature lacks appropriate methods for the setting we consider. To approximate time-dependent performance measures for small- and medium-sized systems, we develop a new stationary backlog-carryover (SBC) approach that allows for the analysis of underloaded and overloaded systems. Abandonments are considered in two steps of the algorithm: (i) in the approximation of the utilization as a reduced arrival stream and (ii) in the approximation of waiting-based performance measures with a stationary model for general abandonments. To improve the approximation quality, we discuss an adjustment to the interval lengths. We present a limit result that indicates convergence of the method for stationary parameters. The numerical study compares the approximation quality of different adjustments to the interval length. The new SBC approach is effective for instances with small numbers of time-dependent servers and gamma-distributed abandonment times with different coefficients of variation and for an empirical distribution of the abandonment times from real-world data obtained from a call center. A discrete-event simulation benchmark confirms that the SBC algorithm approximates the performance of the queueing system with abandonments very well for different parameter configurations. Summary of Contribution: The paper presents a fast and accurate numerical method to approximate the performance measures of a time‐dependent queueing system with generally distributed abandonments. The presented stationary backlog carryover approach with abandonment combines algorithmic ideas with stationary queueing models for generally distributed abandonment times. The reliability of the method is analyzed for transient systems and numerically studied with real‐world data.


1962 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Yeo

SummaryThis paper considers a generalisation of the queueing system M/G/I, where customers arriving at empty and non-empty queues have different service time distributions. The characteristic function (c.f.) of the stationary waiting time distribution and the probability generating function (p.g.f.) of the queue size are obtained. The busy period distribution is found; the results are generalised to an Erlangian inter-arrival distribution; the time-dependent problem is considered, and finally a special case of server absenteeism is discussed.


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