Numerical simulation of transient bulk queues with general vehicle dispatching strategies

Warren B. Powell and Hugo P. Simão

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 1986, vol. 20, issue 6, 477-490

Abstract: Relatively simple iterative procedures are developed for simulating the queue length distribution for transient bulk arrival, bulk service queues. The method allows the study of holding strategies where the length of time a vehicle is held can depend on both the length ofthe queue and how long the vehicle has been held. The system is modeled in discrete time, and a series of numerical experiments are presented that examine the errors introduced by this discretization.

Date: 1986
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