Article ID: | iaor200973441 |
Volume: | 172 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 291 |
End Page Number: | 313 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
Authors: | Ulusu zgecan S, Altok Tayfur |
Keywords: | queues: applications |
We consider a single-server queue subject to multiple types of operation-independent interruptions motivated by operations and vessel queueing at entrances of waterways. A case in point is the Strait of Istanbul. We are using waiting-time arguments and service completion time analysis to obtain the expected waiting time of a customer (vessel) in the aforementioned queue with single-class of customers and