Dynamic allocation of reconfigurable resources in a two-stage tandem queueing system with reliability considerations

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Wu, Cheng Hung ^a   Lewis, Mark E ^b   Veatch, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c GORDON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Reliability; Stochastic scheduling theory

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); QUEUEING THEORY; RELIABILITY;

DYNAMIC ALLOCATION; MACHINE FAILURES; OPTIMAL MONOTONE POLICY; QUEUEING SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC SCHEDULING THEORY;

STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33244455259     PISSN: 00189286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2005.863518     Document Type: Article

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