Expected Waiting Time for Nonsymmetric Cyclic Queueing Systems---Exact Results and Applications

Chandan Sarkar and W. I. Zangwill
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W. I. Zangwill: Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

Management Science, 1989, vol. 35, issue 12, 1463-1474

Abstract: This paper provides the expected waiting time of a nonsymmetric cyclic server queueing system with Poisson traffic, arbitrary switchover and arbitrary service times. For n the number of queues, the expected waiting time is obtained using n equations which is a significant improvement over the previous best result which requires solution of n 2 equations. Computer, manufacturing and other applications are discussed.

Keywords: queueing; waiting times; cyclic queueing: complexity; applications; performance modelling: local area network; inventory: stochastic multiproduct systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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