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| Author: | Sarkar, D. Zangwill, W.I. |
| Title: | File and work transfers in cyclic queue systems |
| Journal: | Management Science
1992 : OCT, VOL. 38:10, p.1510-1523 |
| Index terms: | QUEUING THEORY SERVICE STATIONS CUSTOMERS MANUFACTURING COMPUTERS WORK ORGANIZATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A cyclic queue has one server and n nodes each with its own stream of work arriving from the outside. The server visits the nodes cyclically, serving the customers first at node 1, then at node 2, up to node n, and then repeating from node 1 again. Setup times are incurred when the server switch nodes. An extension is presented permitting special nodes termed dual nodes. At these nodes the total work can include not only the outside customers, but also work transferred from other nodes. The trasnferred work is attended to as a batch at the dual nodes. Dual nodes permit a number of applications to be modelled including computer file transfer, rework in manufacturing, and internal mail delivery. |
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