THE DOWNS-THOMSON EFFECT IN A MARKOV PROCESS

Authors
CALVERT B
Citation
B. Calvert, THE DOWNS-THOMSON EFFECT IN A MARKOV PROCESS, Probability in the engineering and informational sciences, 11(3), 1997, pp. 327-340
Citations number
26
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
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
327 - 340
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-9648(1997)11:3<327:TDEIAM>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Suppose customers pass through a network of two queues in parallel. A state-dependent routing policy gives individuals their quickest journe y. The Downs-Thomson effect is any increase in the long-run expected j ourney time caused by an increase in the service rates. This effect ma y occur.