Transitory service systems
By: by Donald P. Gaver, John P. Lehoczky [and] Manuel Perlas
Contributors: Lehoczky, John P.; Perlas, Manuel; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Stochastic processes; Queuing theory
Description: Many (perhaps most) service systems, such as repair and job shops, computation centers, and transportation networks, experience demand that is non-stationary in time. The paper describes models for situations in which demands made are by a finite number of individuals, who, having been served, do not return until much later. Such a transitory demand or arrival process describes many phenomena, among them being commuter rush hours, and also perhaps the effect on a population of individuals their simultaneous exposure to a dosage of medicine, a disease, or even a pollutant. The paper formulates several models for the service of such demands and describes the manner in which system state may be approximated by Gaussian processes, in particular the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck and Wiener diffusions. (Author)
Notes: Title from cover.

"May 1973"--Cover.

"NPS-55GV73051A"--Cover.

Author(s) key words: Service systems, delays, probability, queues, stochastic processes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 32).

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1973.

kmc/kmc 9/11/09.