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EFFECTIVE UPPER BOUNDS FOR EXPECTED CYCLE TIMES IN TANDEM QUEUES WITH COMMUNICATION BLOCKING

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2001

Koichi Nakade
Affiliation:
Department of Systems Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan, E-mail: nakade@system.nitech.ac.jp
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Abstract

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Tandem queues with finite buffers have been widely discussed as basic models of communication and manufacturing systems. The cycle time is the important measure in such systems. In this article, we consider finite tandem queues with communication blocking and general service-time distributions. We introduce an order on pairs of random variable sets to give effective upper bounds for the expected cycle times.

Type
Research Article
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press