Heavy traffic analysis of a controlled multiclass queueing network via weak convergence methods

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1781-1797

  Kushner, Harold J ^a   Martins, L Felipe ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled queues; Heavy traffic analysis; Multiclass queues; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

BELLMAN EQUATION; HEAVY TRAFFIC ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY SOLUTION METHOD;

CONTROL THEORY;

EID: 0030241171     PISSN: 03630129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0363012994275592     Document Type: Article

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