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The effect of increasing service rates in a closed queueing network

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. George Shanthikumar  and
David D. Yao
J. George Shanthikumar*
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
David D. Yao*
Affiliation:
Columbia University
*
∗Postal address: School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
∗∗Postal address: Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Abstract

In this paper we study the equilibrium behavior of the queue lengths in a product-form closed queueing network when the service rates at a subset of stations (nodes) are increased. Univariate and multivariate likelihood ratio orderings as well as multivariate stochastic ordering of the queue lengths are established to indicate the effect of increasing the service rates. Relations among these orderings are also developed.

Keywords

LIKELIHOOD RATIO ORDERINGSTOCHASTIC ORDERING
Type
Research Paper
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , June 1986 , pp. 474 - 483
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1986 

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