OPTIMAL CONTROL POLICIES FOR AN M/M/1 QUEUE WITH A REMOVABLE SERVER AND DYNAMIC SERVICE RATES

被引:7
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作者
Badian-Pessot, Pamela [1 ]
Lewis, Mark E. [1 ]
Down, Douglas G. [2 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Sch Operat Res & Informat Engn, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
[2] McMaster Univ, Dept Comp & Software, Hamilton, ON, Canada
关键词
applied probability; queueing theory; stochastic dynamic programming; SYSTEM; STARTUP;
D O I
10.1017/S0269964819000299
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We consider an M/M/1 queue with a removable server that dynamically chooses its service rate from a set of finitely many rates. If the server is off, the system must warm up for a random, exponentially distributed amount of time, before it can begin processing jobs. We show under the average cost criterion, that work conserving policies are optimal. We then demonstrate the optimal policy can be characterized by a threshold for turning on the server and the optimal service rate increases monotonically with the number in system. Finally, we present some numerical experiments to provide insights into the practicality of having both a removable server and service rate control.
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页码:189 / 209
页数:21
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