IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/inm/oropre/v30y1982i3p464-479.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A Comparison Between Tandem Queues with Dependent and Independent Service Times

Author

Listed:
  • Michael Pinedo

    (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia)

  • Ronald W. Wolff

    (University of California, Berkeley, California)

Abstract

This paper considers tandem queues in which a given customer has equal service times at each station. The case M / M /1 → M /1 is considered in detail and the expected waiting time in the case where any given customer has independent service times at the two stations is compared with the expected waiting time in the case where any given customer has equal service times at the two stations. This comparison is based on theoretical results as well as on simulation. Tandem queues with blocking (zero queue capacity between the stations) are also considered and the waiting time and system capacity in the case where any given customer has independent service times are compared with the waiting time and system capacity in the case where any given customer has equal service times.

Suggested Citation

  • Michael Pinedo & Ronald W. Wolff, 1982. "A Comparison Between Tandem Queues with Dependent and Independent Service Times," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 30(3), pages 464-479, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:30:y:1982:i:3:p:464-479
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.30.3.464
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.30.3.464
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1287/opre.30.3.464?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Kleijnen, J.P.C., 1997. "Experimental Design for Sensitivity Analysis, Optimization and Validation of Simulation Models," Discussion Paper 1997-52, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
    2. Wu, Kan & Zhao, Ning, 2015. "Dependence among single stations in series and its applications in productivity improvement," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 247(1), pages 245-258.
    3. Sharon Guy Browning, 1998. "Tandem Queues with Blocking: A Comparison Between Dependent and Independent Service," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 46(3), pages 424-429, June.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:30:y:1982:i:3:p:464-479. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Asher (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/inforea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.