| Article ID: | iaor200962777 |
| Country: | Singapore |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 85 |
| End Page Number: | 113 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Journal: | Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Chakravarthy Srinivas R |
| Keywords: | vacation models, MAP/M/c queues |
We study a MAP/M/c queueing system in which a group of servers take a simultaneous phase type vacation. The queueing model is studied as a QBD process. The steady-state analysis of the model including the waiting time distribution is presented. Interesting numerical results are discussed.