On reversibility of tandem queues with blocking

Xiuli Chao and Michael Pinedo

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 1992, vol. 39, issue 7, 957-974

Abstract: We study the effect of the order of service stations on the departure process in a tandem system with finite buffers and blocking. A reversibility result for a twostation system with various types of blocking mechanisms has been shown before. We show that a similar result holds for a three‐station tandem system with no buffers between stations and a so‐called communication type of blocking. A general conjecture is stated regarding the reversibility of tandem systems with finite buffers and blocking. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Date: 1992
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