Optimal dynamic scheduling of a general class of parallel-processing queueing systems

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1130-1156

  Gans, Noah ^a   Van Ryzin, Garrett ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic nonpreemptive scheduling; Optimal stochastic control; Parallel processor queueing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032302902     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001867800008831     Document Type: Article

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