Effect of Parameters on Geoa/Geob/1 Queues: Theoretical Analysis and Simulation Results

  1. Lorente, A. 1
  2. Sánchez, M. S. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Burgos
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    Universidad de Burgos

    Burgos, España

    ROR https://ror.org/049da5t36

Journal:
Applied Mathematics

ISSN: 2152-7385 2152-7393

Year of publication: 2018

Volume: 09

Issue: 02

Pages: 153-170

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4236/AM.2018.92011 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This paper analyzes a discrete-time Geoa/Geob/1 queuing system with batch arrivals of fixed size a, and batch services of fixed size b. Both arrivals and services occur randomly following a geometric distribution. The steady-state queue length distribution is obtained as the solution of a system of difference equations. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the system to be stationary. Besides, the uniqueness of the root of the characteristic polynomial in the interval (0, 1) is proven which is the only root needed for the computation of the theoretical solution with the proposed procedure. The theoretical results are compared with the ones observed in some simulations of the queuing system under different sets of parameters. The agreement of the results encourages the use of simulation for more complex systems. Finally, we explore the effect of parameters on the mean length of the queue as well as on the mean waiting time.