DocumentCode
1535705
Title
On the static assignment to parallel servers
Author
Koole, Ger
Author_Institution
Fac. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Vrije Univ., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume
44
Issue
8
fYear
1999
fDate
8/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1588
Lastpage
1592
Abstract
The authors study the static assignment to M parallel, exponential, heterogeneous servers. Blocked customers are lost, while the objective is to minimize the average number of blocked customers. The problem is formulated as a stochastic control problem with partial observation, and an equivalent full observation problem is formulated. Numerical experiments are conducted and the structure of the optimal policies is studied
Keywords
Markov processes; decision theory; dynamic programming; observers; probability; queueing theory; blocked customers; full observation problem; optimal policies; parallel exponential heterogeneous servers; partial observation; static assignment; stochastic control problem; Computer science; Distribution functions; Dynamic programming; Mathematics; Round robin; Routing; Size control; State-space methods; Stochastic processes;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9286
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/9.780430
Filename
780430
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