Title
Approximations For The Waiting-Time Distribution In An Priority Queue
Abstract
We investigate the use of priority mechanisms when assigning service engineers to customers as a tool for service differentiation. To this end, we analyze a non-preemptive priority queue with various customer classes. For this queue, we present various accurate and fast methods to estimate the first two moments of the waiting time per class given that all servers are occupied. These waiting time moments allow us to approximate the overall waiting time distribution per class. We subsequently apply these methods to real-life data in a case study.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/s00291-015-0388-9
OR SPECTRUM
Keywords
Field
DocType
Service differentiation, M/PH/c queue, Priority queues, Waiting time moments, Service-level agreements
Mathematical optimization,G/G/1 queue,M/M/c queue,Computer science,M/G/1 queue,M/G/k queue,M/D/c queue,Priority queue,Queueing theory,M/M/∞ queue,Operations management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
37
2
0171-6468
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
A. Al Hanbali1603.63
Elisa Alvarez2111.61
M. C. Van Der Heijden312011.58