Performance analysis of queue length monitoring of M/G/1 systems

Performance analysis of queue length monitoring of M/G/1 systems

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Article ID: iaor201112786
Volume: 58
Issue: 8
Start Page Number: 782
End Page Number: 794
Publication Date: Dec 2011
Journal: Naval Research Logistics (NRL)
Authors: , ,
Keywords: statistics: inference, queues: applications, heuristics, simulation: applications, quality & reliability
Abstract:

This study investigates the statistical process control application for monitoring queue length data in M/G/1 systems. Specifically, we studied the average run length (ARL) characteristics of two different control charts for detecting changes in system utilization. First, the nL chart monitors the sums of successive queue length samples by subgrouping individual observations with sample size n. Next is the individual chart with a warning zone whose control scheme is specified by two pairs of parameters, (upper control limit, du) and (lower control limit, dl), as proposed by Bhat and Rao (1972). We will present approaches to calculate ARL for the two types of control charts using the Markov chain formulation and also investigate the effects of parameters of the control charts to provide useful design guidelines for better performance. Extensive numerical results are included for illustration.

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