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On the Large Deviations Properties of the Weighted-Serve-the-Longest-Queue Policy

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We identify the large deviation rate function for a single server with multi-class arrivals in which the service priority is determined according to the weighted-serve-the-longest-queue policy. The problem setup falls into the general category of systems with discontinuous statistics. Our analysis, which is largely based on a weak convergence approach, does not require any symmetry or dimensional restrictions.

Paul Dupuis was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF-DMS-0306070 and NSF-DMS-0404806) and the Army Research Office (W911NF-05-1-0289).

Kevin Leder was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF-DMS-0404806). Hui Wang was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF-DMS-0404806).

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Dupuis, P., Leder, K., Wang, H. (2008). On the Large Deviations Properties of the Weighted-Serve-the-Longest-Queue Policy. In: Sidoravicius, V., Vares, M.E. (eds) In and Out of Equilibrium 2. Progress in Probability, vol 60. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8786-0_11

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