Title :
On the static assignment to parallel servers
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Vrije Univ., Amsterdam, Netherlands
fDate :
8/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
