Polling in a Closed Network

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eltan Altman ◽  
Uri Yechiali
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Control ◽  
Probability Generating Function ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Arbitrary Point ◽  
Fixed Number ◽  
Service Discipline ◽  
Cycle Duration ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Optimal Dynamic ◽  
Number Of Customers

We consider a closed queueing network with a fixed number of customers, where a single server moves cyclically between N stations, rending service in each station according to some given discipline (Gated, Exhaustive, or the Globally Gated regime). When service of a customer (message) ends in station j, it is routed to station k with probability Pjk. We derive explicit expressions for the probability generating function and the moments of the number of customers at the various queues at polling instants and calculate the mean cycle duration and throughput for each service discipline. We then obtain the first moments of the queues' length at an arbitrary point in time. A few examples are given to illustrate the analysis. Finally, we address the problem of optimal dynamic control of the order of stations to be served.

Transient and steady-state analysis of a queuing system having customers’ impatience with threshold

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 1861-1876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sapana Sharma ◽  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
Sherif Ibrahim Ammar
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Probability Generating Function ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Steady State Solution ◽  
Function Technique ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Queuing Model ◽  
Queuing Models ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Number Of Customers

In many practical queuing situations reneging and balking can only occur if the number of customers in the system is greater than a certain threshold value. Therefore, in this paper we study a single server Markovian queuing model having customers’ impatience (balking and reneging) with threshold, and retention of reneging customers. The transient analysis of the model is performed by using probability generating function technique. The expressions for the mean and variance of the number of customers in the system are obtained and a numerical example is also provided. Further the steady-state solution of the model is obtained. Finally, some important queuing models are derived as the special cases of this model.

Extremal properties of the FIFO discipline in queueing networks

1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 967-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda Righter ◽  
J. George Shanthikumar
Keyword(s):  
Likelihood Ratio ◽  
Service Time ◽  
Queueing Networks ◽  
Service Rate ◽  
Service Discipline ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Single Server Queues ◽  
First Results ◽  
Service Times ◽  
Number Of Customers

We show that using the FIFO service discipline at single server stations with ILR (increasing likelihood ratio) service time distributions in networks of monotone queues results in stochastically earlier departures throughout the network. The converse is true at stations with DLR (decreasing likelihood ratio) service time distributions. We use these results to establish the validity of the following comparisons:(i) The throughput of a closed network of FIFO single-server queues will be larger (smaller) when the service times are ILR (DLR) rather than exponential with the same means.(ii) The total stationary number of customers in an open network of FIFO single-server queues with Poisson external arrivals will be stochastically smaller (larger) when the service times are ILR (DLR) rather than exponential with the same means.We also give a surprising counterexample to show that although FIFO stochastically maximizes the number of departures by any time t from an isolated single-server queue with IHR (increasing hazard rate, which is weaker than ILR) service times, this is no longer true for networks of more than one queue. Thus the ILR assumption cannot be relaxed to IHR.Finally, we consider multiclass networks of exponential single-server queues, where the class of a customer at a particular station determines its service rate at that station, and show that serving the customer with the highest service rate (which is SEPT — shortest expected processing time first) results in stochastically earlier departures throughout the network, among all preemptive work-conserving policies. We also show that a cµ rule stochastically maximizes the number of non-defective service completions by any time t when there are random, agreeable, yields.

scholarly journals The BMAP/G/1 vacation queue with queue-length dependent vacation schedule

1998 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Woo Shin ◽  
Chareles E. M. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Queue Length ◽  
Length Distribution ◽  
Arrival Process ◽  
Service Discipline ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Server Vacation ◽  
Batch Markovian Arrival Process ◽  
Queue Length Distribution ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Number Of Customers

AbstractWe treat a single-server vacation queue with queue-length dependent vacation schedules. This subsumes the single-server vacation queue with exhaustive service discipline and the vacation queue with Bernoulli schedule as special cases. The lengths of vacation times depend on the number of customers in the system at the beginning of a vacation. The arrival process is a batch-Markovian arrival process (BMAP). We derive the queue-length distribution at departure epochs. By using a semi-Markov process technique, we obtain the Laplace-Stieltjes transform of the transient queue-length distribution at an arbitrary time point and its limiting distribution

Dynamic Scheduling of a Four-Station Queueing Network

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. N. Laws ◽  
G. M. Louth
Keyword(s):  
Control Problem ◽  
Dynamic Scheduling ◽  
Dynamic Control ◽  
Queueing Network ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Scheduling Policies ◽  
Resource Pooling ◽  
Static Scheduling ◽  
Open Queueing Network ◽  
Dynamic Policy

This paper is concerned with the problem of optimally scheduling a multiclass open queueing network with four single-server stations in which dynamic control policies are permitted. Under the assumption that the system is heavily loaded, the original scheduling problem can be approximated by a dynamic control problem involving Brownian motion. We reformulate and solve this problem and, from the interpretation of the solution, we obtain two dynamic scheduling policies for our queueing network. We compare the performance of these policies with two static scheduling policies and a lower bound via simulation. Our results suggest that under either dynamic policy the system, at least when heavily loaded, exhibits the form of resource pooling given by the solution to the approximating control problem. Furthermore, even when lightly loaded the system performs better under the dynamic policies than under either static policy.

scholarly journals Analysis of Queue-Length Dependent Vacations and P-Limited Service in BMAP/G/1/N Systems: Stationary Distributions and Optimal Control

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. Banik
Keyword(s):  
Queue Length ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Arrival Process ◽  
Service Discipline ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Finite Buffer ◽  
Batch Markovian Arrival Process ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Number Of Customers ◽  
Limited Service

We consider a finite-buffer single server queueing system with queue-length dependent vacations where arrivals occur according to a batch Markovian arrival process (BMAP). The service discipline is P-limited service, also called E-limited with limit variation (ELV) where the server serves until either the system is emptied or a randomly chosen limit of L customers has been served. Depending on the number of customers present in the system, the server will monitor his vacation times. Queue-length distributions at various epochs such as before, arrival, arbitrary and after, departure have been obtained. Several other service disciplines like Bernoulli scheduling, nonexhaustive service, and E-limited service can be treated as special cases of the P-limited service. Finally, the total expected cost function per unit time is considered to determine locally optimal values N* of N or a maximum limit L^* of L^ as the number of customers served during a service period at a minimum cost.

scholarly journals Analysis of an MAP/PH/1 Queue with Flexible Group Service

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arianna Brugno ◽  
Ciro D’Apice ◽  
Alexander Dudin ◽  
Rosanna Manzo
Keyword(s):  
Markov Chain ◽  
Service Time ◽  
Arrival Process ◽  
Service Discipline ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Phase Type Distribution ◽  
Stationary Probability Distribution ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Number Of Customers ◽  
Individual Service

Abstract A novel customer batch service discipline for a single server queue is introduced and analyzed. Service to customers is offered in batches of a certain size. If the number of customers in the system at the service completion moment is less than this size, the server does not start the next service until the number of customers in the system reaches this size or a random limitation of the idle time of the server expires, whichever occurs first. Customers arrive according to a Markovian arrival process. An individual customer’s service time has a phase-type distribution. The service time of a batch is defined as the maximum of the individual service times of the customers which form the batch. The dynamics of such a system are described by a multi-dimensional Markov chain. An ergodicity condition for this Markov chain is derived, a stationary probability distribution of the states is computed, and formulas for the main performance measures of the system are provided. The Laplace–Stieltjes transform of the waiting time is obtained. Results are numerically illustrated.

scholarly journals Steady-State Analysis of a Flexible Markovian Queue with Server Breakdowns

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Messaoud Bounkhel ◽  
Lotfi Tadj ◽  
Ramdane Hedjar
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Probability Generating Function ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
System Size ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Markovian Queue ◽  
Breakdown Rates ◽  
Bulk Service ◽  
Service Rates ◽  
Number Of Customers

A flexible single-server queueing system is considered in this paper. The server adapts to the system size by using a strategy where the service provided can be either single or bulk depending on some threshold level c. If the number of customers in the system is less than c, then the server provides service to one customer at a time. If the number of customers in the system is greater than or equal to c, then the server provides service to a group of c customers. The service times are exponential and the service rates of single and bulk service are different. While providing service to either a single or a group of customers, the server may break down and goes through a repair phase. The breakdowns follow a Poisson distribution and the breakdown rates during single and bulk service are different. Also, repair times are exponential and repair rates during single and bulk service are different. The probability generating function and linear operator approaches are used to derive the system size steady-state probabilities.

scholarly journals TheN×D-BMAP/G/1 Queueing Model: Queue Contents and Delay Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Steyaert ◽  
Joris Walraevens ◽  
Dieter Fiems ◽  
Herwig Bruneel
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Probability Generating Function ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Arrival Process ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Steady State Probability ◽  
Absolute Minimum ◽  
Number Of Customers ◽  
Customer Delay

We consider a single-server discrete-time queueing system with N sources, where each source is modelled as a correlated Markovian customer arrival process, and the customer service times are generally distributed. We focus on the analysis of the number of customers in the queue, the amount of work in the queue, and the customer delay. For each of these quantities, we will derive an expression for their steady-state probability generating function, and from these results, we derive closed-form expressions for key performance measures such as their mean value, variance, and tail distribution. A lot of emphasis is put on finding closed-form expressions for these quantities that reduce all numerical calculations to an absolute minimum.

Stationary queue-length and waiting-time distributions in single-server feedback queues

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph L. Disney ◽  
Dieter König ◽  
Volker schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Waiting Time ◽  
Queue Length ◽  
Arbitrary Point ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Waiting Room ◽  
Bernoulli Feedback ◽  
Stationary Queue Length ◽  
Queueing Processes ◽  
Number Of Customers ◽  
Feedback Time

For M/GI/1/∞ queues with instantaneous Bernoulli feedback time- and customer-stationary characteristics of the number of customers in the system and of the waiting time are investigated. Customer-stationary characteristics are thereby obtained describing the behaviour of the queueing processes, for example, at arrival epochs, at feedback epochs, and at times at which an arbitrary (arriving or fed-back) customer enters the waiting room. The method used to obtain these characteristics consists of simple relationships between them and the time-stationary distribution of the number of customers in the system at an arbitrary point in time. The latter is obtained from the wellknown Pollaczek–Khinchine formula for M/GI/1/∞ queues without feedback.

scholarly journals An M/G/l queueing system with fixed feedback policy

2002 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bong Dae Choi ◽  
Bara Kim
Keyword(s):  
Response Time ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Queueing System ◽  
Probability Generating Function ◽  
Joint Probability ◽  
Fixed Number ◽  
Single Server ◽  
Total Response ◽  
Stieltjes Transform ◽  
Total Response Time

We consider a single server queueing system where each customer visits the queue a fixed number of times before departure. A customer on his j th visit to the queue is defined to be a class-j -customer. We obtain the joint probability generating function for the number of class-j-customers and also obtain the Laplace-Stieltjes transform for the total response time of a customer.

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