| Author: | Yamazaki, G. Sakasegawa, H. Shanthikumar, J. G. |
| Title: | An optimal arrangement of stations in a tandem queuing system with blocking. |
| Journal: | Management Science
1992 : JAN, VOL. 38:1, p. 137-153 |
| Index terms: | QUEUING THEORY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Tandem queueing networks with no waiting spaces are considering, and the issue is addressed of ordering the stations so that the throughput (departure rate) be maximized. Two rules are proposed for ordering the stations. The first rule recommends arranging the two work stations (according to our ordering) to the first and last stages. The second rule arranges the ramaining stations according to the so-called "bowl phenomenon". Numerical results are presented showing the relative meriuts and drawbacks of each of the rules. The differences in the throughput between the optimal and the one obtained by the second rule are always very small, less than 0.5 percent. |
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