Title :
Fuzzy control of queueing systems with heterogeneous servers
Author :
Zhang, Runtong ; Phillis, Yannis A.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. of Crete, Chania, Greece
fDate :
2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We consider the problem of optimal control of queueing systems with heterogeneous servers in parallel. The system objective is to assign customers dynamically to idle servers based on the state of the system so as to minimize the average cost of holding customers. Three cases, either known in the literature or new, are studied in detail: queueing systems with server heterogeneity in-service rates, in-service functions, and both in-service rates and in-service functions. An approach is presented using fuzzy control to solve these problems. Simulation shows that this approach is efficient and promising, especially in cases where analytical solutions do not exist
Keywords :
fuzzy control; optimal control; queueing theory; stochastic systems; heterogeneous servers; idle servers; in-service functions; in-service rates; queueing systems; Analytical models; Communication networks; Costs; Delay effects; Fuzzy control; Fuzzy logic; Multiprocessing systems; Optimal control; Queueing analysis; Stochastic processes;
Journal_Title :
Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on