A QUEUE SUBJECT TO EXTRANEOUS PHASE CHANGES.

Abstract

The queueing model discussed here is a generalization of a model of an M/M/1 queue, modified as follows. The queue alternates between two phases I and II. In phase I, the arrival and service rates are lambda 1 and mu 1, whereas in phase II they are lambda 2 and mu 2. The successive lengths of time during which the queue is in phases I and II are independent, negative-exponential random variables with parameters s1 and s2 respectively. The paper discusses the following partial generalization of this model. Consider a single server queue, governed by an extraneous phase process. This phase process is assumed to be an irreducible, m-state Markov chain in continuous time, with only stable states.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0696073

Entities

People

  • Marcel F. Neuts

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Markov Chains
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Random Variables

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.