• DocumentCode
    1082008
  • Title

    Optimization in a class of priority-discarding policies for finite queues

  • Author

    Petr, David W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kansas Univ., Lawrence, KS, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1020
  • Lastpage
    1024
  • Abstract
    Considers an optimization problem for finite queues governed by priority-discarding control policies. The author develops an analytical model for systems that defer discarding decisions until service completion instants, but then may expel any waiting jobs. Using stochastic dynamic programming techniques, the author obtains closed-form optimization results for systems constrained to retain at most one job. Numerical performance examples are included
  • Keywords
    dynamic programming; queueing theory; stochastic programming; analytical model; closed-form optimization; finite queues; priority-discarding policies; service completion; stochastic dynamic programming; Analytical models; Communication networks; Constraint optimization; Cost function; Dynamic programming; Heuristic algorithms; Network servers; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems; Sufficient conditions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/9.284885
  • Filename
    284885