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Diffusion Limits for Open Networks of Finite-Buffer Queues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Indrajit Bardhan
Indrajit Bardhan
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Goldman Sachs International, Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, U.K.
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Abstract

This paper presents diffusion limits for congestion in networks of finite-buffer queues. We consider both loss networks, such as those in communication systems, and networks with manufacturing blocking. In both cases, the number in system process, under conditions of approximate balance under heavy traffic and appropriate scaling of buffers, is shown to behave like a multidimensional Brownian motion reflected to stay within a rectangle in the positive orthant. The two limits differ in directions of reflection off the faces representing full buffers. The limits suggest possible diffusion approximations for finitebuffer networks.

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Research Article
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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 341 - 361
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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