Optimal Server Acquisition in Open Queueing Networks

Several production and flexible manufacturing systems can naturally be modelled using queueing networks. In this paper, we consider the problem of acquiring servers for the nodes of an open queueing network, so as to optimize the steady-state mean virtual system parameters subject to a budget constr...

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Published in:The Journal of the Operational Research Society 1994-05, Vol.45 (5), p.549-558
Main Authors: Sundarraj, R. P., Sundararaghavan, P. S., Fox, Dale R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Business and Management
Equilibrium flow
Exact sciences and technology
Heuristics
Integers
Job shops
Management
Mathematical vectors
Network servers
Objective functions
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
Operations research
Operations Research/Decision Theory
Optimal solutions
Optimization
queueing
Queueing networks
Queuing
Queuing theory. Traffic theory
Theoretical Paper
Theoretical Papers
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Summary:Several production and flexible manufacturing systems can naturally be modelled using queueing networks. In this paper, we consider the problem of acquiring servers for the nodes of an open queueing network, so as to optimize the steady-state mean virtual system parameters subject to a budget constraint. A partial enumeration scheme and a heuristic method have been proposed to solve this problem. Empirical results based on randomly generated test problems are used to identify a class of problems for which the heuristic performs well.
ISSN:0160-5682
1476-9360
DOI:10.1057/jors.1994.82