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Tandem Queues with Blocking: A Comparison Between Dependent and Independent Service

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  • Sharon Guy Browning

    (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington)

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This paper considers tandem queues with finite buffers. Throughput values for the cases of independent and dependent service are compared, where in the dependent case a given customer has the same service time at each station. It is shown that for sufficiently large buffer sizes, dependent throughput is greater than independent. Simulation results that demonstrate this phenomenon are given.

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  • 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.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:46:y:1998:i:3:p:424-429
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.46.3.424
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    1. 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.
    2. David K. Hildebrand, 1968. "On the Capacity of Tandem Server, Finite Queue, Service Systems," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 16(1), pages 72-82, February.
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