Vacation Queueing Models: Theory and Applications / Edition 1

by Naishuo Tian, Zhe George Zhang

Overview

A classical queueing model consists of three parts - arrival process, service process, and queue discipline. However, a vacation queueing model has an additional part - the vacation process which is governed by a vacation policy - that can be characterized by three aspects: 1) vacation start-up rule; 2) vacation termination rule, and 3) vacation duration distribution. Hence, vacation queueing models are an extension of classical queueing theory.

Vacation Queueing Models: Theory and Applications discusses systematically and in detail the many variations of vacation policy. By allowing servers to take vacations makes the queueing models more realistic and flexible in studying real-world waiting line systems. Integrated in the book's discussion are a variety of typical vacation model applications that include call centers with multi-task employees, customized manufacturing, telecommunication networks, maintenance activities, etc. Finally, contents are presented in a "theorem and proof" format and it is invaluable reading for operations researchers, applied mathematicians, statisticians; industrial, computer, electrical and electronics, and communication engineers; computer, management scientists; and graduate students in the above disciplines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387337210
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	08/23/2006
Series:	International Series in Operations Research & Management Science , #93
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	386
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

M/G/1 Type Vacation Models: Exhaustive Service.- M/G/1 Type Vacation Models: Nonexhaustive Service.- General-Input Single Server Vacation Models.- Markovian Multiserver Vacation Models.- General-Input Multiserver Vacation Models.- Optimization in Vacation Models.- Applications of Vacation Models.- References.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of various queueing systems with server vacations. … The book can be used as a reference on vacation queueing systems by both researchers and practitioners." (Dieter Fiems, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 103 (484), December, 2008)

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