Waiting-Time Asymptotics for the M/G/2 Queue with Heterogeneous Servers

In this paper, we consider a c-server queuing model in which customers arrive according to a batch Markovian arrival process (BMAP). These customers are served in groups of varying sizes ranging from a predetermined value L through a maximum size, K. The service times are exponentially distributed. Any customer not entering into service immediately orbit in an infinite space. These orbiting customers compete for service by sending out signals that are exponentially distributed with parameter . Under a full access policy freed servers offer services to orbiting customers in groups of varying sizes. This multi-server retrial queue under the full access policy is a QBD process and the steady state analysis of the model is performed by exploiting the structure of the coefficient matrices. Some interesting numerical examples are discussed.     

Analysis of the MAP/G a ,b /1/N Queue

The Markovian arrival process (MAP) is used to represent the bursty and correlated traffic arising in modern telecommunication network. In this paper, we consider a single server finite capacity queue with general bulk service rule in which arrivals are governed by MAP and service times are arbitrarily distributed. The distributions of the number of customers in the queue at arbitrary, post-departure and pre-arrival epochs have been obtained using the supplementary variable and the embedded Markov chain techniques. Computational procedure has been given when the service time distribution is of phase type.     

Analysis of BMAP/G/1 Queue with Reservation of Service

Abstract

In this article, we study BMAP/G/1 queue with service time distribution depending on number of processed items. This type of queue models the systems with the possibility of preliminary service. For the considered system, an efficient algorithm for calculating the stationary queue length distribution is proposed, and Laplace–Stieltjes transform of the sojourn time is derived. Little's law is proved. An optimization problem is considered.     

离散时间排队MAP/PH/3

本文研究具有马尔可夫到达过程的离散时间排队MAP/PH/3,系统中有三个服务台,每个服务台对顾客的服务时间均服从位相型分布。运用矩阵几何解的理论,我们给出了系统平稳的充要条件和系统的稳态队长分布。同时我们也给出了到达顾客所见队长分布和平均等待时间。     

Analysis of a finite MAP/G/1 queue with group services

The finite capacity queues, GI/PH/1/N and PH/G/1/N, in which customers are served in groups of varying sizes were recently introduced and studied in detail by the author. In this paper we consider a finite capacity queue in which arrivals are governed by a particular Markov renewal process, called a Markovian arrival process (MAP). With general service times and with the same type of service rule, we study this finite capacity queueing model in detail by obtaining explicit expressions for (a) the steady-state queue length densities at arrivals, at departures and at arbitrary time points, (b) the probability distributions of the busy period and the idle period of the server and (c) the Laplace-Stieltjes transform of the stationary waiting time distribution of an admitted customer at points of arrivals. Efficient algorithmic procedures for computing the steady-state queue length densities and other system performance measures when services are of phase type are discussed. An illustrative numerical example is presented.     

Analysis of the MAP/PH/1/K queue with service control

We consider a finite capacity queue with Markovian arrivals, in which the service rates are controlled by two pre-determined thresholds, M and N. The service rate is increased when the buffer size exceeds N and then brought back to normal service rate when the buffer size drops to M. The normal and fast service times are both assumed to be of phase type with representations (β, S), and β θS), respectively, where θ>1. For this queueing model, steady state analysis is performed. The server duration in normal as well as fast periods is shown to be of phase type. The departure process is modelled as a MAP and the parameter matrices of the MAP are identified. Efficient algorithms for computing system performance measures are presented. We also discuss an optimization problem and present an efficient algorithm for arriving at an optimal solution. Some numerical examples are discussed.     

The Busy Period and the Waiting Time Analysis of a MAP/M/c Queue with Finite Retrial Group

Abstract

We concentrate on the analysis of the busy period and the waiting time distribution of a multi-server retrial queue in which primary arrivals occur according to a Markovian arrival process (MAP). Since the study of a model with an infinite retrial group seems intractable, we deal with a system having a finite buffer for the retrial group. The system is analyzed in steady state by deriving expressions for (a) the Laplace–Stieltjes transforms of the busy period and the waiting time; (b) the probabiliy generating functions for the number of customers served during a busy period and the number of retrials made by a customer; and (c) various moments of quantites of interest. Some illustrative numerical examples are discussed.     

相依修理的可修排队系统 MAP/PH(M/PH)/2

系统地研究了两个不同并行服务台的可修排队系统MAP/PH(M/PH)/2,其中两个不同的服务台拥有一个修理工.若其中一台处于修理状态,则另一台失效后就处于待修状态.利用拟生灭过程理论,我们首先讨论了两个服务台的广义服务时间的相依性,然后给出了系统的稳态可用度和稳态故障度,最后得到了系统首次失效前的时间分布及其均值.     

Loss pattern of DBMAP/DMSP/1/K queue and its application in wireless local communications

This paper applies a matrix-analytical approach to analyze the packet loss pattern of finite buffer single server queue with discrete-time batch Markovian arrival process (DBMAP). The service process is correlated and its structure is presented through discrete-time Markovian service process (DMSP). The bursty nature of packet loss pattern will be examined by means of statistics with respect to alternating loss periods and loss distances. The loss period is the period that loss once it starts; loss distance refers to the spacing between the loss periods. All of the two related performance measurement are derived, including probability distributions of a loss period and a loss distance, average length of a loss period and a loss distance. Queueing systems of this type arise in the domain of wireless local communications. Based on the numerical analysis of such a queueing system, some performance measures for the wireless local communication are presented.     

The queue length distributions in the finite buffer bulk-service MAP/G/1 queue with multiple vacations

We consider a finite buffer batch service queueing system with multiple vacations wherein the input process is Markovian arrival process (MAP). The server leaves for a vacation as soon as the system empties and is allowed to take repeated (multiple) vacations. The service- and vacation- times are arbitrarily distributed. We obtain the queue length distributions at service completion, vacation termination, departure, arbitrary and pre-arrival epochs. Finally, some performance measures such as loss probability, average queue lengths are discussed. Computational procedure has been given when the service- and vacation- time distributions are of phase type (PH-distribution).     

MAP/(PH/PH)/c Queue with Self-Generation of Priorities and Non-Preemptive Service

Abstract

Customers arriving according to a Markovian arrival process are served at a c server facility. Waiting customers generate into priority while waiting in the system (self-generation of priorities), at a constant rate γ; such a customer is immediately taken for service, if at least one of the servers is free. Else it waits at a waiting space of capacity c exclusively for priority generated customers, provided there is vacancy. A customer in service is not preempted to accommodate a priority generated customer. The service times of ordinary and priority generated customers follow distinct PH-distributions. It is proved that the system is always stable. We provide a numerical procedure to compute the optimal number of servers to be employed to minimize the loss to the system. Several performance measures are evaluated.     

Performance analysis of MAP/G/1 queue with working vacations and vacation interruption

We consider the MAP/G/1 queue with working vacations and vacation interruption. We obtain the queue length distribution with the method of supplementary variable, combined with the matrix-analytic method and censoring technique. We also obtain the system size distribution at pre-arrival epoch and the Laplace–Stieltjes transform (LST) of waiting time.     

The discrete-time MAP/PH/1 queue with multiple working vacations

We consider a discrete-time single-server queueing model where arrivals are governed by a discrete Markovian arrival process (DMAP), which captures both burstiness and correlation in the interarrival times, and the service times and the vacation duration times are assumed to have a general phase-type distributions. The vacation policy is that of a working vacation policy where the server serves the customers at a lower rate during the vacation period as compared to the rate during the normal busy period. Various performance measures of this queueing system like the stationary queue length distribution, waiting time distribution and the distribution of regular busy period are derived. Through numerical experiments, certain insights are presented based on a comparison of the considered model with an equivalent model with independent arrivals, and the effect of the parameters on the performance measures of this model are analyzed.     

On the Finite Buffer Queue with Renewal Input and Batch Markovian Service Process: GI/BMSP/1/N

We consider a finite-buffer single-server queue with renewal input where the service is provided in batches of random size according to batch Markovian service process (BMSP). Steady-state distribution of number of customers in the system at pre-arrival and arbitrary epochs have been obtained along with some important performance measures. The model has potential applications in the areas of computer networks, telecommunication systems, and manufacturing systems, etc.      

A Tandem Queue with Blocking and Markovian Arrival Process

Queueing networks with blocking have proved useful in modelling of data communications and production lines. We study such a network consisting of a sequence of two service stations with an infinite queue allowed before the first station and no intermediate queue allowed between them. This restriction results in the blocking of the first station whenever a unit having completed its service in that station cannot enter into the second one due to the presence of another unit there. The input of units to the network is the MAP (Markovian Arrival Process). At the first station, service requirements are of phase type whereas service times at the second station are arbitrarily distributed. The focus is on the embedded process at departures. The essential tool in our analysis is the general theory on Markov renewal processes of M/G/1-type.     

M x /G/1 Queue with Multiple Vacations

Abstract

In this article, we study a queueing system M ^x /G/1 with multiple vacations. The probability generating function (P.G.F.) of stationary queue length and its expectation expression are deduced by using an embedded Markov chain of the queueing process. The P.G.F. of stationary system busy period and the probability of system in service state and vacation state also are obtained by the same method. At last we deduce the LST and mean of stationary waiting time in the service order FCFS and LCFS, respectively.     

On bulk-service MAP/PH L,N /1/N G-Queues with repeated attempts

We consider a retrial queue with a finite buffer of size N, with arrivals of ordinary units and of negative units (which cancel one ordinary unit), both assumed to be Markovian arrival processes. The service requirements are of phase type. In addition, a PH^L,N bulk service discipline is assumed. This means that the units are served in groups of size at least L, where 1≤ L≤ N. If at the completion of a service fewer than L units are present at the buffer, the server switches off and waits until the buffer length reaches the threshold L. Then it switches on and initiates service for such a group of units. On the contrary, if at the completion of a service L or more units are present at the buffer, all units enter service as a group. Units arriving when the buffer is full are not lost, but they join a group of unsatisfied units called “orbit”. Our interest is in the continuous-time Markov chain describing the state of the queue at arbitrary times, which constitutes a level dependent quasi-birth-and-death process. We start by analyzing a simplified version of our queueing model, which is amenable to numerical calculation and is based on spatially homogeneous quasi-birth-and-death processes. This leads to modified matrix-geometric formulas that reveal the basic qualitative properties of our algorithmic approach for computing performance measures. AMS Subject Classification: Primary 60K25 Secondary 68M20 90B22.     

Sojourn time distribution in a MAP/M/1 processor-sharing queue

This paper considers the sojourn time distribution in a processor-sharing queue with a Markovian arrival process and exponential service times. We show a recursive formula to compute the complementary distribution of the sojourn time in steady state. The formula is simple and numerically feasible, and enables us to control the absolute error in numerical results. Further, we discuss the impact of the arrival process on the sojourn time distribution through some numerical examples.     

A numerically efficient method for the MAP/D/1/K queue via rational approximations

The Markovian Arrival Process (MAP), which contains the Markov Modulated Poisson Process (MMPP) and the Phase-Type (PH) renewal processes as special cases, is a convenient traffic model for use in the performance analysis of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks. In ATM networks, packets are of fixed length and the buffering memory in switching nodes is limited to a finite numberK of cells. These motivate us to study the MAP/D/1/K queue. We present an algorithm to compute the stationary virtual waiting time distribution for the MAP/D/1/K queue via rational approximations for the deterministic service time distribution in transform domain. These approximations include the well-known Erlang distributions and the Padé approximations that we propose. Using these approximations, the solution for the queueing system is shown to reduce to the solution of a linear differential equation with suitable boundary conditions. The proposed algorithm has a computational complexity independent of the queue storage capacityK. We show through numerical examples that, the idea of using Padé approximations for the MAP/D/1/K queue can yield very high accuracy with tractable computational load even in the case of large queue capacities.This work was done when the author was with the Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey and the research was supported by TÜBITAK under Grant No. EEEAG-93.     

Optimal Hysteretic Control for the BMAP/G/ 1 System with Single and Group Service Modes

In this paper, we consider a single server queuing model with an infinite buffer in which customers arrive according to a batch Markovian arrival process (BMAP). The services are offered in two modes. In mode 1, the customers are served one at a time and in mode 2 customers are served in groups of varying sizes. Various costs for holding, service and switching are imposed. For a given hysteretic strategy, we derive an expression for the cost function from which an optimal hysteretic control can be obtained. Illustrative numerical examples are presented.