Monotonicity of optimal performance measures for polling systems

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-228

  Van Oyen, Mark P ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

DEGRADED SYSTEM; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMAL POLICIES; ORIGINAL SYSTEMS; SEQUENCE DEPENDENT SETUPS; SERVICE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SWITCHING COSTS; UNIFORM REDUCTION;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031478552     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0269964800004770     Document Type: Article

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