1st Edition

Optimal Design of Queueing Systems

By Shaler Stidham Jr. Copyright 2010
384 Pages 75 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

384 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

The First Comprehensive Book on the Subject Focusing on the underlying structure of a system, Optimal Design of Queueing Systems explores how to set the parameters of a queueing system, such as arrival and service rates, before putting it into operation. It considers various objectives, comparing individually optimal (Nash equilibrium), socially optimal, class optimal, and facility... Read more

Preface

Introduction to Design Models

Optimal Service Rate

Optimal Arrival Rate

Optimal Arrival Rate and Service Rate

Optimal Arrival Rates for a Two-Class System

Optimal Arrival Rates for Parallel Queues

Optimal Arrival Rates in a Single-Class Queue

A Model with General Utility and Cost Functions

Generalizations of Basic Model

GI/GI/1 Queue with Probabilistic Joining Rule

Uniform Value Distribution: Stability

Power Criterion

Bidding for Priorities

Dynamic Adaptive Algorithms: Stability and Chaos

Basic Model

Discrete-Time Dynamic Adaptive Model

Discrete-Time Dynamic Algorithms: Variants

Continuous-Time Dynamic Adaptive Algorithms

Continuous-Time Dynamic Algorithm: Variants

Optimal Arrival Rates in a Multiclass Queue

General Multiclass Model: Formulation

General Multiclass Model: Optimal Solutions

General Multiclass Model: Dynamic Algorithms

Waiting Costs Dependent on Total Arrival Rate

Linear Utility Functions: Class Dominance

Examples with Different Utility Functions

Multiclass Queue with Priorities

Figures for FIFO Examples

Optimal Service Rates in a Single-Class Queue

The Basic Model

Models with Fixed Toll and Fixed Arrival Rate

Models with Variable Toll and Fixed Arrival Rate

Models with Fixed Toll and Variable Arrival Rate

Models with Variable Toll and Variable Arrival Rate

Multifacility Queueing Systems: Parallel Queues

Optimal Arrival Rates

Optimal Service Rates

Optimal Arrival Rates and Service Rates

Single-Class Networks of Queues

Basic Model

Individually Optimal Arrival Rates and Routes

Socially Optimal Arrival Rates and Routes

Comparison of S.O. and Toll-Free I.O. Solutions

Facility Optimal Arrival Rates and Routes

Multiclass Networks of Queues

General Model

Fixed Routes: Optimal Solutions

Fixed Routes: Dynamic Adaptive Algorithms

Fixed Routes: Homogeneous Waiting Costs

Variable Routes: Homogeneous Waiting Costs

Appendix: Scheduling a Single-Server Queue

Strong Conservation Laws

Work-Conserving Scheduling Systems

GI/GI/1 WCSS with Non-Preemptive Scheduling Rules

GI/GI/1 Queue: Preemptive-Resume Scheduling Rules

References

Index

Endnotes appear in each chapter.

Biography

Shaler Stidham Jr.