TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
AU  - 
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Vacation Queueing Models Theory and Applications
T2  - International Series in Operations Research & Management Science,
SN  - 9780387337234
AV  - HD30.23 
U1  - 658.40301 23
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Springer US
KW  - Economics
KW  - Computer network architectures
KW  - Computer science
KW  - Distribution (Probability theory)
KW  - Business logistics
KW  - Economics/Management Science
KW  - Operations Research/Decision Theory
KW  - Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
KW  - Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics
KW  - Mathematics of Computing
KW  - Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks
KW  - Production/Logistics
N1  - M/G/1 Type Vacation Models: Exhaustive Service -- M/G/1 Type Vacation Models: Nonexhaustive Service -- General-Input Single Server Vacation Models -- Markovian Multiserver Vacation Models -- General-Input Multiserver Vacation Models -- Optimization in Vacation Models -- Applications of Vacation Models -- References; ZDB-2-SBE
N2  - A classical queueing model consists of three parts - arrival process, service process, and queue discipline. However, a vacation queueing model has an additional part - the vacation process which is governed by a vacation policy - that can be characterized by three aspects: 1) vacation start-up rule; 2) vacation termination rule, and 3) vacation duration distribution. Hence, vacation queueing models are an extension of classical queueing theory. Vacation Queueing Models: Theory and Applications discusses systematically and in detail the many variations of vacation policy. By allowing servers to take vacations makes the queueing models more realistic and flexible in studying real-world waiting line systems. Integrated in the book's discussion are a variety of typical vacation model applications that include call centers with multi-task employees, customized manufacturing, telecommunication networks, maintenance activities, etc. Finally, contents are presented in a "theorem and proof" format and it is invaluable reading for operations researchers, applied mathematicians, statisticians; industrial, computer, electrical and electronics, and communication engineers; computer, management scientists; and graduate students in the above disciplines
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33723-4
ER  -