Approximation methods for large-scale spatial queueing systems

Burak Boyacı and Nikolas Geroliminis

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2015, vol. 74, issue C, 151-181

Abstract: Different than the conventional queueing systems, in spatial queueing systems (SQS) the service rate for each customer-server pairs differs and the server that intervenes for a specific customer is not known a priori, depending on the availability of servers at the moment a request was made. These features make the SQS computationally expensive (almost intractable for large scale) but at the same time more suitable for real-life problems with high reliability expectations. Emergency response and on-demand transportation systems are two similar systems that can be modeled with the SQS.

Keywords: Spatial queues; Hypercube queueing models; Emergency response; Approximation algorithms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2014.12.011

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