Throughput properties of a queueing network with distributed dynamic routing and flow control

1996 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 285-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandros Tassiulas ◽  
Anthony Ephremides
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Rate Control ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Local State ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Maximum Throughput ◽  
State Information ◽  
Arbitrary Topology ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Service Rates

A queueing network with arbitrary topology, state dependent routing and flow control is considered. Customers may enter the network at any queue and they are routed through it until they reach certain queues from which they may leave the system. The routing is based on local state information. The service rate of a server is controlled based on local state information as well. A distributed policy for routing and service rate control is identified that achieves maximum throughput. The policy can be implemented without knowledge of the arrival and service rates. The importance of flow control is demonstrated by showing that, in certain networks, if the servers cannot be forced to idle, then no maximum throughput policy exists when the arrival rates are not known. Also a model for exchange of state information among neighboring nodes is presented and the network is studied when the routing is based on delayed state information. A distributed policy is shown to achieve maximum throughput in the case of delayed state information. Finally, some implications for deterministic flow networks are discussed.

Throughput properties of a queueing network with distributed dynamic routing and flow control

1996 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 285-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandros Tassiulas ◽  
Anthony Ephremides
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Rate Control ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Local State ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Maximum Throughput ◽  
State Information ◽  
Arbitrary Topology ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Service Rates

A queueing network with arbitrary topology, state dependent routing and flow control is considered. Customers may enter the network at any queue and they are routed through it until they reach certain queues from which they may leave the system. The routing is based on local state information. The service rate of a server is controlled based on local state information as well. A distributed policy for routing and service rate control is identified that achieves maximum throughput. The policy can be implemented without knowledge of the arrival and service rates. The importance of flow control is demonstrated by showing that, in certain networks, if the servers cannot be forced to idle, then no maximum throughput policy exists when the arrival rates are not known. Also a model for exchange of state information among neighboring nodes is presented and the network is studied when the routing is based on delayed state information. A distributed policy is shown to achieve maximum throughput in the case of delayed state information. Finally, some implications for deterministic flow networks are discussed.

Realization factors and sensitivity analysis of queueing networks with state-dependent service rates

1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Ren Cao
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Perturbation Analysis ◽  
Queueing Networks ◽  
Sample Path ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Steady State Probability ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Service Rates ◽  
Realization Factors

The paper studies the sensitivity of the throughput with respect to a mean service rate in a closed queueing network with exponentially distributed service requirements and state-dependent service rates. The study is based on perturbation analysis of queueing networks. A new concept, the realization factor of a perturbation, is introduced. The properties of realization factors are discussed, and a set of equations specifying the realization factors are derived. The elasticity of the steady state throughput with respect to a mean service rate equals the product of the steady state probability and the corresponding realization factor. This elasticity can be estimated by applying a perturbation analysis algorithm to a sample path of the system. The sample path elasticity of the throughput with respect to a mean service rate converges with probability 1 to the elasticity of the steady state throughput. The theory provides an analytical method of calculating the throughput sensitivity and justifies the application of perturbation analysis.

Realization factors and sensitivity analysis of queueing networks with state-dependent service rates

1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 178-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Ren Cao
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Perturbation Analysis ◽  
Queueing Networks ◽  
Sample Path ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Steady State Probability ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Service Rates ◽  
Realization Factors

The paper studies the sensitivity of the throughput with respect to a mean service rate in a closed queueing network with exponentially distributed service requirements and state-dependent service rates. The study is based on perturbation analysis of queueing networks. A new concept, the realization factor of a perturbation, is introduced. The properties of realization factors are discussed, and a set of equations specifying the realization factors are derived. The elasticity of the steady state throughput with respect to a mean service rate equals the product of the steady state probability and the corresponding realization factor. This elasticity can be estimated by applying a perturbation analysis algorithm to a sample path of the system. The sample path elasticity of the throughput with respect to a mean service rate converges with probability 1 to the elasticity of the steady state throughput. The theory provides an analytical method of calculating the throughput sensitivity and justifies the application of perturbation analysis.

OPTIMAL CONTROL POLICIES FOR AN M/M/1 QUEUE WITH A REMOVABLE SERVER AND DYNAMIC SERVICE RATES

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Pamela Badian-Pessot ◽  
Mark E. Lewis ◽  
Douglas G. Down
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Control ◽  
Rate Control ◽  
Optimal Policy ◽  
Numerical Experiments ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Cost Criterion ◽  
Optimal Service ◽  
Removable Server ◽  
Service Rates

AbstractWe consider an M/M/1 queue with a removable server that dynamically chooses its service rate from a set of finitely many rates. If the server is off, the system must warm up for a random, exponentially distributed amount of time, before it can begin processing jobs. We show under the average cost criterion, that work conserving policies are optimal. We then demonstrate the optimal policy can be characterized by a threshold for turning on the server and the optimal service rate increases monotonically with the number in system. Finally, we present some numerical experiments to provide insights into the practicality of having both a removable server and service rate control.

Optimal control of service rates in networks of queues

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Weber ◽  
Shaler Stidham
Keyword(s):  
Rate Control ◽  
Queueing Networks ◽  
Arrival Rate ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Discounted Cost ◽  
Holding Costs ◽  
Optimal Service ◽  
Monotonicity Result ◽  
Service Rates ◽  
Number Of Customers

We prove a monotonicity result for the problem of optimal service rate control in certain queueing networks. Consider, as an illustrative example, a number of ·/M/1 queues which are arranged in a cycle with some number of customers moving around the cycle. A holding cost hi(xi) is charged for each unit of time that queue i contains xi customers, with hi being convex. As a function of the queue lengths the service rate at each queue i is to be chosen in the interval , where cost ci(μ) is charged for each unit of time that the service rate μis in effect at queue i. It is shown that the policy which minimizes the expected total discounted cost has a monotone structure: namely, that by moving one customer from queue i to the following queue, the optimal service rate in queue i is not increased and the optimal service rates elsewhere are not decreased. We prove a similar result for problems of optimal arrival rate and service rate control in general queueing networks. The results are extended to an average-cost measure, and an example is included to show that in general the assumption of convex holding costs may not be relaxed. A further example shows that the optimal policy may not be monotone unless the choice of possible service rates at each queue includes 0.

scholarly journals Throughput Maximization of Queueing Networks with Simultaneous Minimization of Service Rates and Buffers

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. R. B. Cruz ◽  
G. Kendall ◽  
L. While ◽  
A. R. Duarte ◽  
N. L. C. Brito
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Queueing Networks ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Efficient Solutions ◽  
Throughput Maximization ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Conflicting Objectives ◽  
Service Rates ◽  
General Service

The throughput of an acyclic, general-service time queueing network was optimized, and the total number of buffers and the overall service rate was reduced. To satisfy these conflicting objectives, a multiobjective genetic algorithm was developed and employed. Thus, our method produced a set of efficient solutions for more than one objective in the objective function. A comprehensive set of computational experiments was conducted to determine the efficacy and efficiency of the proposed approach. Interesting insights obtained from the analysis of a complex network may assist practitioners in planning general-service queueing networks.

scholarly journals Service Rate Optimization of Finite Population Queueing Model with State Dependent Arrival and Service Rates

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Sushil Ghimire ◽  
Gyan Bahadur Thapa ◽  
Ram Prasad Ghimire
Keyword(s):  
Finite Population ◽  
Arrival Rate ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Queueing Model ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Service Rates ◽  
Rate Optimization

 Providing service immediately after the arrival is rarely been used in practice. But there are some situations for which servers are more than the arrivals and no one has to wait to get served. In this model, arrival rate is

Braess's paradox in a queueing network with state-dependent routing

1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (01) ◽  
pp. 134-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Calvert ◽  
Wiremu Solomon ◽  
Ilze Ziedins
Keyword(s):  
Queueing Network ◽  
Wheatstone Bridge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Expected Time ◽  
Initial Network ◽  
Braess’S Paradox ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Service Rates ◽  
Queue Lengths

We consider initially two parallel routes, each of two queues in tandem, with arriving customers choosing the route giving them the shortest expected time in the system, given the queue lengths at the customer's time of arrival. All interarrival and service times are exponential. We then augment this network to obtain a Wheatstone bridge, in which customers may cross from one route to the other between queues, again choosing the route giving the shortest expected time in the system, given the queue lengths ahead of them. We find that Braess's paradox can occur: namely in equilibrium the expected transit time in the augmented network, for some service rates, can be greater than in the initial network.

scholarly journals A Paradox in a Queueing Network with State-Dependent Routing and Loss

2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilze Ziedins
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Policy ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Tandem Queues ◽  
Finite Systems ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Optimal Policies ◽  
System Optimal ◽  
Two Stages

Consider a network of parallel finite tandem queues with two stages, where each arrival attempts to minimize its own cost due to loss. It is known that the user optimal and asymptotic system optimal policies may differ—we give examples showing that they may differ for finite systems and that as the service rate is increased at the second stage the user optimal policy may change in such a way that the total expected cost due to loss increases.

On Generalized Networks of Queues with Positive and Negative Arrivals

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuli Chao ◽  
Michael Pinedo
Keyword(s):  
Queueing Network ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Product Form ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Regular Customer ◽  
Generalized Networks ◽  
Service Rates ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Departure Processes

Consider a generalized queueing network model that is subject to two types of arrivals. The first type represents the regular customers; the second type represents signals. A signal induces a regular customer already present at a node to leave. Gelenbe [5] showed that such a network possesses a product form solution when each node consists of a single exponential server. In this paper we study a number of issues concerning this class of networks. First, we explain why such networks have a product form solution. Second, we generalize existing results to include different service disciplines, state-dependent service rates, multiple job classes, and batch servicing. Finally, we establish the relationship between these networks and networks of quasi-reversible queues. We show that the product form solution of the generalized networks is a consequence of a property of the individual nodes viewed in isolation. This property is similar to the quasi-reversibility property of the nodes of a Jackson network: if the arrivals of the regular customers and of the signals at a node in isolation are independent Poisson, the departure processes of the regular customers and the signals are also independent Poisson, and the current state of the system is independent of the past departure processes.

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