Response time in a tandem queue with blocking, Markovian arrivals and phase-type services

  • Authors:
  • B. Van Houdt;Attahiru Sule Alfa

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Performance Analysis of Telecommunication Systems Research Group, Middelheimlaan 1, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 5V6, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Operations Research Letters
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

A novel approach for obtaining the response time in a discrete-time tandem-queue with blocking is presented. The approach constructs a Markov chain based on the age of the leading customer in the first queue. We also provide a stability condition and carry out several numerical examples.