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Polling: past, present, and perspective

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  • Sem Borst

    (Eindhoven University of Technology
    Nokia Bell Labs)

  • Onno Boxma

    (Eindhoven University of Technology)

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This is a survey on polling systems, focussing on the basic single-server multi-queue polling system in which the server visits the queues in cyclic order. The main goals of the paper are: (i) to discuss a number of the key methodologies in analyzing polling models; (ii) to give an overview of recent polling developments; and (iii) to present a number of challenging open problems.

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  • Sem Borst & Onno Boxma, 2018. "Polling: past, present, and perspective," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 26(3), pages 335-369, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:topjnl:v:26:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s11750-018-0484-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11750-018-0484-5
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