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Large deviations of the sojourn time for queues in series

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  • A.J. Ganesh

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We consider an open queueing network consisting of an arbitrary number of queues in series. We assume that the arrival process into the first queue and the service processes at the individual queues are jointly stationary and ergodic, and that the mean inter-arrival time exceeds the mean service time at each of the queues. Starting from Lindley's recursion for the waiting time, we obtain a simple expression for the total delay (sojourn time) in the system. Under some mild additional assumptions, which are satisfied by many commonly used models, we show that the delay distribution has an exponentially decaying tail and compute the exact decay rate. We also find the most likely path leading to the build-up of large delays. Such a result is of relevance to communication networks, where it is often necessary to guarantee bounds on the probability of large delays. Such bounds are part of the specification of the quality of service desired by the network user. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998

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  • A.J. Ganesh, 1998. "Large deviations of the sojourn time for queues in series," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 79(0), pages 3-26, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:79:y:1998:i:0:p:3-26:10.1023/a:1018930907280
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1018930907280
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    1. O'Connell, Neil & Yor, Marc, 2001. "Brownian analogues of Burke's theorem," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 96(2), pages 285-304, December.
    2. Anne Buijsrogge & Pieter-Tjerk Boer & Karol Rosen & Werner Scheinhardt, 2017. "Large deviations for the total queue size in non-Markovian tandem queues," Queueing Systems: Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 85(3), pages 305-312, April.
    3. Marcos Singer & Patricio Donoso & José Noguer, 2005. "Optimal Planning of a Multi-Station System with Sojourn Time Constraints," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 138(1), pages 203-222, September.

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    large deviations; tandem queues;

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