Server assignment policies for maximizing the steady-state throughput of finite queueing systems

Management Science

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1421-1439

  Andradóttir, Sigrún ^a,b   Ayhan, Hayriye ^a,b   Down, Douglas G ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite Buffers; Manufacturing Blocking; Markov Decision Processes; Markovian Queueing Systems; Mobile and Cooperating Servers; Preemptive Service; Tandem Queues

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; QUEUEING THEORY; SERVERS; THROUGHPUT;

FINITE QUEUEING SYSTEMS;

QUEUEING NETWORKS;

EID: 0035494143     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.47.10.1421.10262     Document Type: Article

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