Cycle time approximations for the G/G/m queue subject to server failures and cycle time offsets with applications

ASMC (Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference) Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 322-326

  Morrison, James R ^a   Martin, Donald P ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate performance evaluation; Cycle time; Cycle time offsets; G G m queue; Hold time; Server failures

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEFECTS; QUEUEING NETWORKS; SERVERS;

APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; CYCLE TIME OFFSETS; G/G/M QUEUE; HOLD TIME; SERVER FAILURES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 33751434067     PISSN: 10788743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASMC.2006.1638777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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