DocumentCode
3377431
Title
Sampling point processes on stable unbounded regions and exact simulation of queues
Author
Blanchet, Jose ; Jing Dong
Author_Institution
Ind. Eng. & Oper. Res. Dept., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
9-12 Dec. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
12
Abstract
Given a marked renewal point process (assuming that the marks are i.i.d.) we say that an unbounded region is stable if it contains finitely many points of the point process with probability one. In this paper we provide algorithms that allow to sample these finitely many points efficiently. We explain how exact simulation of the steady-state measure valued state descriptor of the infinite server queue follows as a simple corollary of our algorithms. We provide numerical evidence supporting that our algorithms are not only theoretically sound but also practical. Finally, having simulation optimization in mind, we also apply our results to gradient estimation of steady-state performance measures.
Keywords
gradient methods; optimisation; probability; queueing theory; sampling methods; simulation; gradient estimation; infinite server queue; marked renewal point process; probability; queue simulation; sampling point process; simulation optimization; stable unbounded region; steady-state measure valued state descriptor; steady-state performance measures; Algorithm design and analysis; Numerical models; Optimization; Queueing analysis; Random variables; Servers; Steady-state;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2012 Winter
Conference_Location
Berlin
ISSN
0891-7736
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-4779-2
Electronic_ISBN
0891-7736
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WSC.2012.6465250
Filename
6465250
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