On the convexity of the two-threshold policy for an M/G/1 queue with vacations

  • Authors:
  • Zhe George Zhang

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Decision Sciences, College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA98225-9077, USA

  • Venue:
  • Operations Research Letters
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In this note, we consider a single server queueing system with server vacations of two types and a two-threshold policy. Under a cost and revenue structure the long-run average cost function is proven to be convex in the lower threshold for a fixed difference between the two thresholds.