Article ID: | iaor20031650 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 112 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 171 |
End Page Number: | 183 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2002 |
Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
Authors: | Bruneel Herwig, Steyaert Bart, Fiems Dieter |
Keywords: | GI/G/1 queues |
We consider a discrete-time queueing system subjected to random server interruptions. As customers arriving in the queue require generally distributed service times, the server can be interrupted during a customer's service. Therefore, nine different service strategies are proposed and analyzed using a probability generating functions approach. Performance measures under investigation include moments of steady-state buffer contents at random slot boundaries in equilibrium and moments of the customer delay. In particular we focus on the stability requirements for the strategies under consideration.