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Numerical simulation of transient bulk queues with general vehicle dispatching strategies

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  • Powell, Warren B.
  • Simão, Hugo P.

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Relatively simple iterative procedures are developed for simulating the queue length distribution for transient bulk arrival, bulk service queues. The method allows the study of holding strategies where the length of time a vehicle is held can depend on both the length ofthe queue and how long the vehicle has been held. The system is modeled in discrete time, and a series of numerical experiments are presented that examine the errors introduced by this discretization.

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  • Powell, Warren B. & Simão, Hugo P., 1986. "Numerical simulation of transient bulk queues with general vehicle dispatching strategies," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 20(6), pages 477-490, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transb:v:20:y:1986:i:6:p:477-490
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    1. Schwarz, Justus Arne & Selinka, Gregor & Stolletz, Raik, 2016. "Performance analysis of time-dependent queueing systems: Survey and classification," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 170-189.
    2. S. Chakravarthy & Attahiru Sule Alfa, 1993. "A multiserver queue with markovian arrivals and group services with thresholds," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(6), pages 811-827, October.

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