Optimal control of a removable and non-reliable server in an infinite and a finite M/H2/1 queueing system

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 651-666

  Wang, Kuo Hsiung ^a   Chang, Kuan Wen ^b   Sivazlian, B D ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Hyper exponential; Queue; Server breakdown

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON ARRIVALS;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 0032641577     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(99)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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