Linda Green

The N-seasons S-servers loss system

Coauthor(s): Antony Svoronos.

Abstract:
We consider a class of loss systems with exponential service times and a Poisson arrival process with a rate that varies periodically among N levels called seasons. For two special cases, we derive transient and steady-state solutions and provide simple proofs that losses are minimized when the arrival rates for all seasons are equal. In the general case, we describe a straightforward procedure to derive the steady-state probabilities. We also prove that when S=1, the server is generally busier during the high arrival rate seasons.

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