Vacation Queueing Models: Theory and Applications

Vacation Queueing Models: Theory and Applications discusses systematically and in detail the many variations of vacation policy. These discussions include: General Service Single Server Vacation Models (Exhaustive and Non-Exhaustive Service Type), General Input Single Server Vacation Models, Markovian Multi-Server Vacation Models, General Input Multi-Server Vacation Models, Optimization in Vacation Models, and Applications of Vacation Models.

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. These applications include call centers with multi-task employees, customized manufacturing, telecommunication networks, maintenance activities, etc. Finally, contents are present 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.