Analysis of Multiple Queues with Passing Servers

  • Ushio Sumita
  • Masaaki Sibuya
  • Norihiko Miyawaki
Part of the International Series in Operations Research & Management Science book series (ISOR, volume 19)

Abstract

We consider a stochastic system where multiple queues are formed at different locations. Queues are ordered in series, and customers arrive at individual queues according to independent Poisson processes. Servers arrive at the first queue with deterministic time intervals and move toward the final queue with constant speed, picking up only one customer whenever they are vacant along the route. Applications of such queueing systems can be found in metropolitan area networks (MAN) with a distributed queue dual bus (see [4-6, 9], etc.) and manufacturing systems with a conveyer connecting multiple work stations, among others.

Keywords

Queue Length Busy Period Interarrival Time Idle Period Queue Length Process 
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  • Ushio Sumita
  • Masaaki Sibuya
  • Norihiko Miyawaki

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