Article ID: | iaor20091421 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 160 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 173 |
End Page Number: | 189 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
Authors: | Zhao Yiqiang Q., Tang Jiashan |
Keywords: | markov processes |
Motivated by applications in manufacturing systems and computer networks, in this paper, we consider a tandem queue with feedback. In this model, the i.i.d. interarrival times and the i.i.d. service times are both exponential and independent. Upon completion of a service at the second station, the customer either leaves the system with probability