• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.63-69
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• 1990

This note shows that the throughput bounds for two-stage tandem queueing systems with finite buffers, obtained by the existing methods, can significantly betightened via duality.

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.73-80
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• 2005

In this paper, we consider characteristics of waiting times in s1n91e-server 3-node tandem queues with finite buffers, a Poisson arrival process and deterministic service times at all nodes. There are three buffers : one at the first node is infinite and the others are finite. We obtain the fact that sojourn time or departure process is independent of the capacities of the finite buffers and does not depend on the order of service times, which are the same results in the literature. Moreover, the explicit expressions of stationary waiting times in all areas of the systems can be derived as functions of the finite buffer capacities. We also disclose a relationship of waiting times in subareas of the systems between two blocking policies communication and manufacturing. Some numerical examples are also provided.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.881-889
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• 2005

In this study, we consider characteristics of waiting times in single-server 3-node tandem queues with a Poisson arrival process, finite buffers and deterministic or non-overlapping service times at each queue. There are three buffers: one at the first node is infinite and the others are finite. The explicit expressions of waiting times in all areas of the systems, which are driven as functions of finite buffer capacities, show that the sojourn time does not depend on the finite buffer capacities and also allow one to compute and compare characteristics of waiting times at all areas of the system under two blocking policies: communication and manufacturing blocking. As an application of these results, moreover, an optimization problem which determines the smallest buffer capacities satisfying predetermined probabilistic constraints on waiting times is considered. Some numerical examples are also provided.

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.149-159
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• 2005

In this study, we consider characteristics of stationary waiting times in single-server 2-node tandem queues with a finite buffer, a Poisson arrival process and deterministic service times. The system has two buffers: one at the first node is infinite and the other one at the second node is finite. We show that the sojourn time or departure process does not depend on the capacity of the finite buffer and on the order of nodes (service times), which are the same as the previous results. Furthermore, the explicit expressions of waiting times at the first node are given as a function of the capacity of the finite buffer and we are able to disclose a relationship of waiting times between under communication blocking and under manufacturing blocking. Some numerical examples are also given.

• Management Science and Financial Engineering
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.23-34
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• 2008

In this study, we consider stationary waiting times in a Poisson driven single-server m-node queues in series. We assume that service times at nodes are independent, and are either deterministic or non-overlapped. Each node excluding the first node has a finite waiting line and every node is operated under a FIFO service discipline and a communication blocking policy (blocking before service). By applying (max, +)-algebra to a corresponding stochastic event graph, a special case of timed Petri nets, we derive the explicit expressions for stationary waiting times at all areas, which are functions of finite buffer capacities. These expressions allow us to compute the performance measures of interest such as mean, higher moments, or tail probability of waiting time. Moreover, as applications of these results, we introduce optimization problems which determine either the biggest arrival rate or the smallest buffer capacities satisfying probabilistic constraints on waiting times. These results can be also applied to bounds of waiting times in more general systems. Numerical examples are also provided.

• Korean Management Science Review
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.25-34
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• 2007

In this study, we consider stationary waiting times in finite-buffer 3-node single-server queues in series with a Poisson arrival process and with either constant or non-overlapping service times. We assume that each node has a finite buffer except for the first node. The explicit expressions of waiting times in all areas of the stochastic system were driven as functions of finite buffer capacities. These explicit forms show that a system sojourn time does not depend on the finite buffer sizes, and also allow one to compute and compare characteristics of stationary waiting times at all areas under two blocking rules communication and manufacturing blocking. The goal of this study is to apply these results to an optimization problem which determines the smallest buffer capacities satisfying predetermined probabilistic constraints on stationary waiting times at all nodes. Numerical examples are also provided.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.86-88
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• 2009

In this letter, we consider an m-node tandem queue (queues in series) with a Poisson arrival process and either deterministic or non-overlapping service times. With the assumption that each node has a finite buffer except for the first node, we show the non-increasing convex property of stationary waiting time with respect to the finite buffer capacities. We apply it to an optimization problem which determines the smallest buffer capacities subject to probabilistic constraints on stationary waiting times.

• 한국데이터정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.87-97
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• 2001

We consider a stable tandem network which consists of two M/M/1 queues. The optimal changes of measure to run the fast simulation for the probability of rare events such as buffer overflows are obtained.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.16-23
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• 2007

Tandem queueing systems well suit for modeling many telecommunication systems. Recently, very general $BMAP/G/1/N/1{\to}{\bullet}/PH/1/M-1$ type tandem queues were constructively studied. In this paper we illustrate application of the obtained results for optimization of a buffer pool design.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.1-22
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• 2022

A tandem queue that consists of nodes with buffers of finite capacity and general blocking scheme is considered. The service time distribution of each node is exponential whose rate depends on the state of the node. The blocking scheme at a node may be different from that of other nodes. An approximation method for the system based on decomposition method is presented. The effectiveness of the method is investigated numerically.