Cost benefit analysis of queues in tandem with buffer-II

This paper deals with the cost benefit analysis of a system with two production stations connected in series. A buffer of finite capacity is provided in between the stations. The input to station I follows poisson process. The output of station I forms the input to station II. The service time of station I follows negative exponential distribution while that of station II is arbitrary. The analysis has been carried out to obtain the system characteristics namely (1) expected busy periods of the service stations in [0,t] and (2) expected number of jobs completed by the service stations in [0,t] A cost benefit analysis is also carried out using the above mentioned system characteristics. [See IAOR 43693.]