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AN APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF TANDEM QUEUES WITH GENERAL BLOCKING NODES

  • SHIN, YANG WOO (DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, CHANGWON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY) ;
  • KIM, DONG OK (INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, CHANGWON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY) ;
  • MOON, DUG HEE (DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, CHANGWON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY)
  • Received : 2021.11.25
  • Accepted : 2022.03.08
  • Published : 2022.03.25
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Abstract

A tandem queue that consists of nodes with buffers of finite capacity and general blocking scheme is considered. The service time distribution of each node is exponential whose rate depends on the state of the node. The blocking scheme at a node may be different from that of other nodes. An approximation method for the system based on decomposition method is presented. The effectiveness of the method is investigated numerically.

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This paper was supported by Changwon National University in 2021-2022.

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