| Article ID: | iaor20119079 |
| Volume: | 68 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 365 |
| End Page Number: | 374 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Journal: | Queueing Systems |
| Authors: | Boxma J, Winands M, Boon Marko |
| Keywords: | polling systems, renewal processes |
In the present paper we address two open problems concerning polling systems, viz., queueing systems consisting of multiple queues attended by a single server that visits the queues one at a time. The first open problem deals with a system consisting of two queues, one of which has gated service, while the other receives 1‐limited service. The second open problem concerns polling systems with general (renewal) arrivals and deterministic switch‐over times that become infinitely large. We discuss related, known results for both problems, and the difficulties encountered when trying to solve them.