Semi-Markovian model of operation of a single-server queue system with losses and immediate service quality control has been built. In case of unsatisfactory request service quality, its re-servicing is carried out. R...Semi-Markovian model of operation of a single-server queue system with losses and immediate service quality control has been built. In case of unsatisfactory request service quality, its re-servicing is carried out. Re-servicing is executed till it is regarded satisfactory. Time between request income, and request service time are assumed to be random values with distribution functions of general kind. An explicit form of the system stationary characteristics has been defined.展开更多
Mobile edge computing (MEC) has a vital role in various delay-sensitive applications. With the increasing popularity of low-computing-capability Internet of Things (IoT) devices in industry 4.0 technology, MEC also fa...Mobile edge computing (MEC) has a vital role in various delay-sensitive applications. With the increasing popularity of low-computing-capability Internet of Things (IoT) devices in industry 4.0 technology, MEC also facilitates wireless power transfer, enhancing efficiency and sustainability for these devices. The most related studies concerning the computation rate in MEC are based on the coordinate descent method, the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMMs) and Lyapunov optimization. Nevertheless, these studies do not consider the buffer queue size. This research work concerns the computation rate maximization for wireless-powered and multiple-user MEC systems, specifically focusing on the computation rate of end devices and managing the task buffer queue before computation at the terminal devices. A deep reinforcement learning (RL)-based task offloading algorithm is proposed to maximize the computation rate of end devices and minimizes the buffer queue size at the terminal devices.Precisely, considering the channel gain, the buffer queue size and wireless power transfer, it further formalizes the task offloading problem. The mode selection for task offloading is based on the individual channel gain, the buffer queue size and wireless power transfer maximization in a particular time slot.The central idea of this work is to explore the best optimal mode selection for IoT devices connected to the MEC system. The proposed algorithm optimizes computation delay by maximizing the computation rate of end devices and minimizing the buffer queue size before computation at the terminal devices. Then, the current study presents a deep RL-based task offloading algorithm to solve such a mixed-integer and non-convex optimization problem, aiming to get a better trade-off between the buffer queue size and the computation rate. The extensive simulation results reveal that the presented algorithm is much more efficient than the existing work to maintain a small buffer queue for terminal devices while simultaneously achieving a high-level computation rate.展开更多
We consider a single server constant retrial queue,in which a state-dependent service policy is used to control the service rate.Customer arrival follows Poisson process,while service time and retrial time are exponen...We consider a single server constant retrial queue,in which a state-dependent service policy is used to control the service rate.Customer arrival follows Poisson process,while service time and retrial time are exponential distributions.Whenever the server is available,it admits the retrial customers into service based on a first-come first-served rule.The service rate adjusts in real-time based on the retrial queue length.An iterative algorithm is proposed to numerically solve the personal optimal problem in the fully observable scenario.Furthermore,we investigate the impact of parameters on the social optimal threshold.The effectiveness of the results is illustrated by two examples.展开更多
In this paper, using the stochastic decomposition and renewal theory we provide the direct method for analysis the departure process of single sever M/G/1 queueing system, and further discuss the departure process of ...In this paper, using the stochastic decomposition and renewal theory we provide the direct method for analysis the departure process of single sever M/G/1 queueing system, and further discuss the departure process of GI/G/1 queueing system. The method provided in this paper is new and concise, which make us see dearly the structure of the departure process of a single server queueing system.展开更多
The customer population of entities potentially requesting to join a queue for service often have identical structure, i.e., the same state set and isomorphic transitions. The state size of the automaton modeling a qu...The customer population of entities potentially requesting to join a queue for service often have identical structure, i.e., the same state set and isomorphic transitions. The state size of the automaton modeling a queue will grow rapidly with increase of the size of this population. However, by relabeling the queue arrival events and service events to the same symbols respectively, the automaton model of a queue will be converted to the structure of a buffer, which is proved to be independent of the total size of the customer population, as long as the queue size is held fixed. We propose the model of a dynamic buffer to embody order and shift of a queue. The result is applied to a manufacturing facility with a dynamic buffer to manage the repair of broken down machines.展开更多
We consider a single-server vacation queueing system that operates in the following manner. When the server returns from a vacation, it observes the following rule. If there is at least one customer in the system, the...We consider a single-server vacation queueing system that operates in the following manner. When the server returns from a vacation, it observes the following rule. If there is at least one customer in the system, the server commences service and serves exhaustively before taking another vacation. If the server finds the system empty, it waits a fixed time c. At the expiration of this time, the server commences another vacation if no customer has arrived;otherwise, it serves exhaustively before commencing another vacation. Analytical results are derived for the mean waiting time in the system. The timeout scheme is shown to be a generalized scheme of which both the single vacation and multiple vacations schemes are special cases, with c=∞and c=0, respectively. The model is extended to the N-policy vacation queueing system.展开更多
This article examines the effects of reneging, server breakdown and server vacation on the various states of the batch arrivals queueing system with single server providing service to customers in three fluctuating mo...This article examines the effects of reneging, server breakdown and server vacation on the various states of the batch arrivals queueing system with single server providing service to customers in three fluctuating modes. In this queueing system, any batch arrival joins the queue if the server is busy or on vacation or under repair. However, if the server is free, one customer from the arriving batch joins the service immediately while others join the queue. In case of server breakdown, the customer whose service is interrupted returns back to the head of the queue. As soon as the server has is repaired, the server attends to the customer in mode 1. For this queueing system, customers that are impatient due to breakdown and server vacation may renege (leave the queue without getting service). Due to fluctuating modes of service delivery, the system may provide service with complete or reduced efficiency. Consequently, we construct the mathematical model and derive the probability generating functions of the steady state probabilities of several states of the system including the steady state queue size distribution. Further, we discuss some particular cases of the proposed queueing model. We present numerical examples in order to demonstrate the effects of server vacation and reneging on the various states of the system. The study revealed that an increase in reneging and a decrease in server vacation results in a decrease in server utilization and an increase in server’s idle time provided rates of server breakdown and repair completion are constant. In addition, the probability of server vacation, the probability of system is under repair and the probabilities that the server provides service in three fluctuating modes decreases due to an increase in reneging and a decrease in vacation completion rates.展开更多
The article deals with the waiting time process of the GI/G/1 queueing system.We shall give that the rate of convergence to the stationary distribution and the decay of the stationary tail only depend on the tail of t...The article deals with the waiting time process of the GI/G/1 queueing system.We shall give that the rate of convergence to the stationary distribution and the decay of the stationary tail only depend on the tail of the service distribution,but not on the interarrival distribution.We shall also give explicit criteria for the rate of convergence and decay of stationary tail for three specific types of subgeometric cases（Case 1：the rate function r（n）=exp（sn1/1＋α）,α〉0,s〉0;Case 2：polynomial rate function r（n）=nα,α〉0;Case 3：logarithmic rate function r（n）=logαn,α〉0）.展开更多
We study a vacation queueing system with a single server simultaneously dealing with an M/G/1 and an M/D/1 queue. Two classes of units, priority and non-priority, arrive at the system in two independent Poisson stream...We study a vacation queueing system with a single server simultaneously dealing with an M/G/1 and an M/D/1 queue. Two classes of units, priority and non-priority, arrive at the system in two independent Poisson streams. Under a non-preemptive priority rule, the server provides a general service to the priority units and a deterministic service to the non-priority units. We further assume that the server may take a vacation of random length just after serving the last priority unit present in the system. We obtain steady state queue size distribution at a random epoch. Corresponding results for some special cases, including the known results of the M/G/1 and the M/D/1 queues, have been derived.展开更多
This paper studies the optimal policy for joint control of admission, routing, service, and jockeying in a queueing system consisting of two exponential servers in parallel.Jobs arrive according to a Poisson process.U...This paper studies the optimal policy for joint control of admission, routing, service, and jockeying in a queueing system consisting of two exponential servers in parallel.Jobs arrive according to a Poisson process.Upon each arrival, an admission/routing decision is made, and the accepted job is routed to one of the two servers with each being associated with a queue.After each service completion, the servers have an option of serving a job from its own queue, serving a jockeying job from another queue, or staying idle.The system performance is inclusive of the revenues from accepted jobs, the costs of holding jobs in queues, the service costs and the job jockeying costs.To maximize the total expected discounted return, we formulate a Markov decision process(MDP) model for this system.The value iteration method is employed to characterize the optimal policy as a hedging point policy.Numerical studies verify the structure of the hedging point policy which is convenient for implementing control actions in practice.展开更多
The sharing of operation and management information is required by smart grid.The amount of information transmitted in electric power communication systems will increase greatly in the near future.The integrated infor...The sharing of operation and management information is required by smart grid.The amount of information transmitted in electric power communication systems will increase greatly in the near future.The integrated information transmission technology is an important method for transmitting various kinds of information via the existing broadband channels and networks in power systems.To implement integrated information transmission in power systems,the problem about how to guarantee the quality of service(QoS)of the communication services must be dealt with.展开更多
In real life, in different industries, we often deal with systems designed for multiple use for performing single-type tasks. Processes taking place at this time are called service of requirements, and the systems the...In real life, in different industries, we often deal with systems designed for multiple use for performing single-type tasks. Processes taking place at this time are called service of requirements, and the systems themselves—Queueing Systems. This article is dedicated to computer software modelling of processes taking place in the systems in question, Markov processes in particular. In this article, by means of Matlab environment, software realization of one of the typical models of queueing service theory-multichannel QS with unreliable recoverable servers and limited number of requirements in the system, is fulfilled. The results of this research are important because it gives the possibility to use received results to determine optimality degree of some real queueing systems that possess Markov property.展开更多
With results on the infinite servers queue systems with Poisson arrivals - M｜G｜∞ queues - busy period, it is displayed an application of those queue systems in the unemployment periods time length parameters and di...With results on the infinite servers queue systems with Poisson arrivals - M｜G｜∞ queues - busy period, it is displayed an application of those queue systems in the unemployment periods time length parameters and distribution function study. These queue systems are adequate to the study of many population processes, and this quality is brought in here. The results presented are mainly on unemployment periods length and their number in a certain time interval. Also, some questions regarding the practical applications of the outlined formulas are briefly discussed.展开更多
An algorithm is presented for estimating the expected number of customers for a class of Markovian queueing systems. The class is characterized by those systems whose transition matrix for the underlying customer arri...An algorithm is presented for estimating the expected number of customers for a class of Markovian queueing systems. The class is characterized by those systems whose transition matrix for the underlying customer arrival and departure process is finite, irreducible, and aperiodic. The algorithm does not depend on a closed-form solution for the limiting behavior of the queue. The expected number of customers is frequently used as a measure of effectiveness to describe the behavior of the system or to optimize its design or control. To calculate such a quantity one must usually obtain a closed-form expression for the steady-state probabilities. Unfortunately, of the myriad of Markovian queueing systems, only a few have known closed-form expressions for their steady-state probabilities. The most well-known, using Kendall’s notation, are the M/M/1 and the M/M/c system. The algorithm described below estimates the expected number in the system under steady-state without a need for closed form steady-state probabilities. All that is needed is the transition matrix for the underlying Markov chain.展开更多
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought changes in behaviour in public places. Indeed, the health and political authorities, in order to fight against the virus in a preventive manner, require the respect of barrier gesture...The Covid-19 pandemic has brought changes in behaviour in public places. Indeed, the health and political authorities, in order to fight against the virus in a preventive manner, require the respect of barrier gestures: social distance, mask, vaccine, gel. Still in terms of public health, long waits in a place for a service have a negative impact on the health of fragile categories such as the disabled, pregnant women and the elderly. The technical devices used for queue management must now take into account the health context, identity, particularity and behaviour of people. This paper presents an electronic system developed with artificial intelligence for queue management in public facilities. This design personalises the user’s ticket by automatically integrating the name, facial image, age and possible disability status. At the counters, a system of name calling, sound and screen display, allows users to follow the queue without having a ticket printed on thermal paper with a high carbon footprint. This solution also makes illiterate users autonomous in the queue, allowing them to maintain their dignity and to respect the safety distance between people. The device allows the establishment’s manager, depending on the context, to activate positive discrimination of the disabled or the elderly, to control the Covid-19 mark or the health pass by QR Code. This queue manager performs biometric authentication by facial recognition before the user is registered in the queue register, which prevents fraud by people who do not want to respect the order of arrival of users. This work has led to the improvement of the technical management of queues by introducing more equity, inclusion, solidarity, health and ecology.展开更多
The two-stage tandem queueing system M(z)/M/c→/PH(r)/1/K is studied in this paper. Customers arrive at stage-Ⅰ system in batches according to a Poisson process, and the size of the batch, x , is a r. v. within a ran...The two-stage tandem queueing system M(z)/M/c→/PH(r)/1/K is studied in this paper. Customers arrive at stage-Ⅰ system in batches according to a Poisson process, and the size of the batch, x , is a r. v. within a range of a finite number of positive integers. The stage- Ⅱ ststem has finite capacity, where customers are served in batches with a PH-distribution and the size of the batch is a positive integer r. Only after served in stage- Ⅰ system, and then served in stage- Ⅱ system, can the customers depart from the whole system. Several definitions such as the stage- Ⅰ service blocked time, the first-class and the second-class batch waiting times, and the batch sojourn time are introduced, and their distributions are obtained respectively.展开更多
Pooling,unpooling/specialization,and discretionary task completion are typical operational strategies in queueing systems that arise in healthcare,call centers,and online sales.These strategies may have advantages and...Pooling,unpooling/specialization,and discretionary task completion are typical operational strategies in queueing systems that arise in healthcare,call centers,and online sales.These strategies may have advantages and disadvantages in different operational environments.This paper uses the M/M/1 and M/M/2 queues to study the impact of pooling,specialization,and discretionary task completion on the average queue length.Closed-form solutions for the average M/M/2 queue length are derived.Computational examples illustrate how the average queue length changes with the strength of pooling,specialization,and discretionary task completion.Finally,several conjectures are made in the paper.展开更多
The quest to increase the performance of production systems that have become complex leads to the transfer to the maintenance function of the responsibility of guaranteeing the availability of such systems. Also, we w...The quest to increase the performance of production systems that have become complex leads to the transfer to the maintenance function of the responsibility of guaranteeing the availability of such systems. Also, we will never stop saying that maintenance must integrate into all of the company’s initiatives, to affirm its role, which is to ensure greater availability and sustainability of the means of production. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the reliability and availability of a system without knowing the distribution law of the operating times. Among the methods for evaluating dependability criteria (Fault Trees, Petri Nets, etc.), we are interested in queues that have the advantage of taking into account functional dependencies, thus allowing a quantified optimization of maintenance. Indeed, queues make it possible to model parallel or sequential processes, implementing operations taking place at the same time or one after the other, meeting the needs of modeling production systems. The main result of this paper is the study of the influence of availability on the reliability of a multi-state production system.展开更多
文摘Semi-Markovian model of operation of a single-server queue system with losses and immediate service quality control has been built. In case of unsatisfactory request service quality, its re-servicing is carried out. Re-servicing is executed till it is regarded satisfactory. Time between request income, and request service time are assumed to be random values with distribution functions of general kind. An explicit form of the system stationary characteristics has been defined.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61902060)Shanghai Sailing Program,China(No.19YF1402100)+1 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(No.2232019D3-51)Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology(Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,China)(No.SKLNST-2021-1-06)。
文摘Mobile edge computing (MEC) has a vital role in various delay-sensitive applications. With the increasing popularity of low-computing-capability Internet of Things (IoT) devices in industry 4.0 technology, MEC also facilitates wireless power transfer, enhancing efficiency and sustainability for these devices. The most related studies concerning the computation rate in MEC are based on the coordinate descent method, the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMMs) and Lyapunov optimization. Nevertheless, these studies do not consider the buffer queue size. This research work concerns the computation rate maximization for wireless-powered and multiple-user MEC systems, specifically focusing on the computation rate of end devices and managing the task buffer queue before computation at the terminal devices. A deep reinforcement learning (RL)-based task offloading algorithm is proposed to maximize the computation rate of end devices and minimizes the buffer queue size at the terminal devices.Precisely, considering the channel gain, the buffer queue size and wireless power transfer, it further formalizes the task offloading problem. The mode selection for task offloading is based on the individual channel gain, the buffer queue size and wireless power transfer maximization in a particular time slot.The central idea of this work is to explore the best optimal mode selection for IoT devices connected to the MEC system. The proposed algorithm optimizes computation delay by maximizing the computation rate of end devices and minimizing the buffer queue size before computation at the terminal devices. Then, the current study presents a deep RL-based task offloading algorithm to solve such a mixed-integer and non-convex optimization problem, aiming to get a better trade-off between the buffer queue size and the computation rate. The extensive simulation results reveal that the presented algorithm is much more efficient than the existing work to maintain a small buffer queue for terminal devices while simultaneously achieving a high-level computation rate.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11971486)。
文摘We consider a single server constant retrial queue,in which a state-dependent service policy is used to control the service rate.Customer arrival follows Poisson process,while service time and retrial time are exponential distributions.Whenever the server is available,it admits the retrial customers into service based on a first-come first-served rule.The service rate adjusts in real-time based on the retrial queue length.An iterative algorithm is proposed to numerically solve the personal optimal problem in the fully observable scenario.Furthermore,we investigate the impact of parameters on the social optimal threshold.The effectiveness of the results is illustrated by two examples.
文摘In this paper, using the stochastic decomposition and renewal theory we provide the direct method for analysis the departure process of single sever M/G/1 queueing system, and further discuss the departure process of GI/G/1 queueing system. The method provided in this paper is new and concise, which make us see dearly the structure of the departure process of a single server queueing system.
文摘The customer population of entities potentially requesting to join a queue for service often have identical structure, i.e., the same state set and isomorphic transitions. The state size of the automaton modeling a queue will grow rapidly with increase of the size of this population. However, by relabeling the queue arrival events and service events to the same symbols respectively, the automaton model of a queue will be converted to the structure of a buffer, which is proved to be independent of the total size of the customer population, as long as the queue size is held fixed. We propose the model of a dynamic buffer to embody order and shift of a queue. The result is applied to a manufacturing facility with a dynamic buffer to manage the repair of broken down machines.
文摘We consider a single-server vacation queueing system that operates in the following manner. When the server returns from a vacation, it observes the following rule. If there is at least one customer in the system, the server commences service and serves exhaustively before taking another vacation. If the server finds the system empty, it waits a fixed time c. At the expiration of this time, the server commences another vacation if no customer has arrived;otherwise, it serves exhaustively before commencing another vacation. Analytical results are derived for the mean waiting time in the system. The timeout scheme is shown to be a generalized scheme of which both the single vacation and multiple vacations schemes are special cases, with c=∞and c=0, respectively. The model is extended to the N-policy vacation queueing system.
文摘This article examines the effects of reneging, server breakdown and server vacation on the various states of the batch arrivals queueing system with single server providing service to customers in three fluctuating modes. In this queueing system, any batch arrival joins the queue if the server is busy or on vacation or under repair. However, if the server is free, one customer from the arriving batch joins the service immediately while others join the queue. In case of server breakdown, the customer whose service is interrupted returns back to the head of the queue. As soon as the server has is repaired, the server attends to the customer in mode 1. For this queueing system, customers that are impatient due to breakdown and server vacation may renege (leave the queue without getting service). Due to fluctuating modes of service delivery, the system may provide service with complete or reduced efficiency. Consequently, we construct the mathematical model and derive the probability generating functions of the steady state probabilities of several states of the system including the steady state queue size distribution. Further, we discuss some particular cases of the proposed queueing model. We present numerical examples in order to demonstrate the effects of server vacation and reneging on the various states of the system. The study revealed that an increase in reneging and a decrease in server vacation results in a decrease in server utilization and an increase in server’s idle time provided rates of server breakdown and repair completion are constant. In addition, the probability of server vacation, the probability of system is under repair and the probabilities that the server provides service in three fluctuating modes decreases due to an increase in reneging and a decrease in vacation completion rates.
基金partially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (BUPT2011RC0703)
文摘The article deals with the waiting time process of the GI/G/1 queueing system.We shall give that the rate of convergence to the stationary distribution and the decay of the stationary tail only depend on the tail of the service distribution,but not on the interarrival distribution.We shall also give explicit criteria for the rate of convergence and decay of stationary tail for three specific types of subgeometric cases（Case 1：the rate function r（n）=exp（sn1/1＋α）,α〉0,s〉0;Case 2：polynomial rate function r（n）=nα,α〉0;Case 3：logarithmic rate function r（n）=logαn,α〉0）.
文摘We study a vacation queueing system with a single server simultaneously dealing with an M/G/1 and an M/D/1 queue. Two classes of units, priority and non-priority, arrive at the system in two independent Poisson streams. Under a non-preemptive priority rule, the server provides a general service to the priority units and a deterministic service to the non-priority units. We further assume that the server may take a vacation of random length just after serving the last priority unit present in the system. We obtain steady state queue size distribution at a random epoch. Corresponding results for some special cases, including the known results of the M/G/1 and the M/D/1 queues, have been derived.
基金supported by the National Social Science Fund of China (19BGL100)。
文摘This paper studies the optimal policy for joint control of admission, routing, service, and jockeying in a queueing system consisting of two exponential servers in parallel.Jobs arrive according to a Poisson process.Upon each arrival, an admission/routing decision is made, and the accepted job is routed to one of the two servers with each being associated with a queue.After each service completion, the servers have an option of serving a job from its own queue, serving a jockeying job from another queue, or staying idle.The system performance is inclusive of the revenues from accepted jobs, the costs of holding jobs in queues, the service costs and the job jockeying costs.To maximize the total expected discounted return, we formulate a Markov decision process(MDP) model for this system.The value iteration method is employed to characterize the optimal policy as a hedging point policy.Numerical studies verify the structure of the hedging point policy which is convenient for implementing control actions in practice.
文摘The sharing of operation and management information is required by smart grid.The amount of information transmitted in electric power communication systems will increase greatly in the near future.The integrated information transmission technology is an important method for transmitting various kinds of information via the existing broadband channels and networks in power systems.To implement integrated information transmission in power systems,the problem about how to guarantee the quality of service(QoS)of the communication services must be dealt with.
文摘In real life, in different industries, we often deal with systems designed for multiple use for performing single-type tasks. Processes taking place at this time are called service of requirements, and the systems themselves—Queueing Systems. This article is dedicated to computer software modelling of processes taking place in the systems in question, Markov processes in particular. In this article, by means of Matlab environment, software realization of one of the typical models of queueing service theory-multichannel QS with unreliable recoverable servers and limited number of requirements in the system, is fulfilled. The results of this research are important because it gives the possibility to use received results to determine optimality degree of some real queueing systems that possess Markov property.
文摘With results on the infinite servers queue systems with Poisson arrivals - M｜G｜∞ queues - busy period, it is displayed an application of those queue systems in the unemployment periods time length parameters and distribution function study. These queue systems are adequate to the study of many population processes, and this quality is brought in here. The results presented are mainly on unemployment periods length and their number in a certain time interval. Also, some questions regarding the practical applications of the outlined formulas are briefly discussed.
文摘An algorithm is presented for estimating the expected number of customers for a class of Markovian queueing systems. The class is characterized by those systems whose transition matrix for the underlying customer arrival and departure process is finite, irreducible, and aperiodic. The algorithm does not depend on a closed-form solution for the limiting behavior of the queue. The expected number of customers is frequently used as a measure of effectiveness to describe the behavior of the system or to optimize its design or control. To calculate such a quantity one must usually obtain a closed-form expression for the steady-state probabilities. Unfortunately, of the myriad of Markovian queueing systems, only a few have known closed-form expressions for their steady-state probabilities. The most well-known, using Kendall’s notation, are the M/M/1 and the M/M/c system. The algorithm described below estimates the expected number in the system under steady-state without a need for closed form steady-state probabilities. All that is needed is the transition matrix for the underlying Markov chain.
文摘The Covid-19 pandemic has brought changes in behaviour in public places. Indeed, the health and political authorities, in order to fight against the virus in a preventive manner, require the respect of barrier gestures: social distance, mask, vaccine, gel. Still in terms of public health, long waits in a place for a service have a negative impact on the health of fragile categories such as the disabled, pregnant women and the elderly. The technical devices used for queue management must now take into account the health context, identity, particularity and behaviour of people. This paper presents an electronic system developed with artificial intelligence for queue management in public facilities. This design personalises the user’s ticket by automatically integrating the name, facial image, age and possible disability status. At the counters, a system of name calling, sound and screen display, allows users to follow the queue without having a ticket printed on thermal paper with a high carbon footprint. This solution also makes illiterate users autonomous in the queue, allowing them to maintain their dignity and to respect the safety distance between people. The device allows the establishment’s manager, depending on the context, to activate positive discrimination of the disabled or the elderly, to control the Covid-19 mark or the health pass by QR Code. This queue manager performs biometric authentication by facial recognition before the user is registered in the queue register, which prevents fraud by people who do not want to respect the order of arrival of users. This work has led to the improvement of the technical management of queues by introducing more equity, inclusion, solidarity, health and ecology.
基金This paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The two-stage tandem queueing system M(z)/M/c→/PH(r)/1/K is studied in this paper. Customers arrive at stage-Ⅰ system in batches according to a Poisson process, and the size of the batch, x , is a r. v. within a range of a finite number of positive integers. The stage- Ⅱ ststem has finite capacity, where customers are served in batches with a PH-distribution and the size of the batch is a positive integer r. Only after served in stage- Ⅰ system, and then served in stage- Ⅱ system, can the customers depart from the whole system. Several definitions such as the stage- Ⅰ service blocked time, the first-class and the second-class batch waiting times, and the batch sojourn time are introduced, and their distributions are obtained respectively.
文摘Pooling,unpooling/specialization,and discretionary task completion are typical operational strategies in queueing systems that arise in healthcare,call centers,and online sales.These strategies may have advantages and disadvantages in different operational environments.This paper uses the M/M/1 and M/M/2 queues to study the impact of pooling,specialization,and discretionary task completion on the average queue length.Closed-form solutions for the average M/M/2 queue length are derived.Computational examples illustrate how the average queue length changes with the strength of pooling,specialization,and discretionary task completion.Finally,several conjectures are made in the paper.
文摘The quest to increase the performance of production systems that have become complex leads to the transfer to the maintenance function of the responsibility of guaranteeing the availability of such systems. Also, we will never stop saying that maintenance must integrate into all of the company’s initiatives, to affirm its role, which is to ensure greater availability and sustainability of the means of production. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the reliability and availability of a system without knowing the distribution law of the operating times. Among the methods for evaluating dependability criteria (Fault Trees, Petri Nets, etc.), we are interested in queues that have the advantage of taking into account functional dependencies, thus allowing a quantified optimization of maintenance. Indeed, queues make it possible to model parallel or sequential processes, implementing operations taking place at the same time or one after the other, meeting the needs of modeling production systems. The main result of this paper is the study of the influence of availability on the reliability of a multi-state production system.
