On the nonconcavity of throughput in certain closed queueing networks

DOI10.1016/0166-5316(86)90037-4zbMath0623.90021OpenAlexW2233235014MaRDI QIDQ3762043

Kathryn E. Stecke

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Performance Evaluation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/25952

zbMATH Keywords

flexible manufacturing systemsperformance evaluationclosed queueing networks2-D contour maps3-D graphsconnected single server queuesreciprocal throughput

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Production models (90B30) Applications of Markov renewal processes (reliability, queueing networks, etc.) (60K20)

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