OPTIMAL SEQUENCING IN MULTISERVER SYSTEMS

Authors
PANDELIS DG TENEKETZIS D
Citation
Dg. Pandelis et D. Teneketzis, OPTIMAL SEQUENCING IN MULTISERVER SYSTEMS, Probability in the engineering and informational sciences, 10(3), 1996, pp. 377-396
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Operatione Research & Management Science","Engineering, Industrial","Statistic & Probability","Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
Probability in the engineering and informational sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
02699648
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
377 - 396
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-9648(1996)10:3<377:OSIMS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We analyze service systems where N servers (N > 2) move one at a time along an array of stations to satisfy a known number of requests for s ervice. Processing a request consists of determining the server to sat isfy the request. The cost of processing a request is determined by th e distance the server that performs the request has to move. We determ ine qualitative properties of sequencing strategies that minimize the expected cost incurred by the service of ail requests when the array o f stations is on a circle or an interval.