Characterization of optimal order of servers in a tandem queue with blocking

DOI10.1016/0167-6377(91)90081-YzbMath0719.60112OpenAlexW1964320736MaRDI QIDQ2640249

Hirotaka Sakasegawa, Genji Yamazaki, J. George Shanthikumar

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Operations Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-6377(91)90081-y

zbMATH Keywords

orderingoptimal allocationtandem queueing systemproblem of allocating

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Queues and service in operations research (90B22)

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