Cyclic change of server's performance: Impacts and applications

Boray Huang, Jingui Xie, Qi Ming He

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    Abstract

    This paper studies a stochastic system where the performance of the server changes stochastically and cyclically. We first investigate the performance measures of the system, including the queue length and the overall cost. In particular, we derive an exact expression for the expected length of the renewal cycle, and present closed matrix forms for the mean and variance of the queue length. We then develop an explicit method to tackle a workload control problem, based on an M/G/1 queue approximation. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the method.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)703-713
    Number of pages11
    JournalIEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
    Volume59
    Issue number3
    Early online date24 Oct 2013
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014

    Keywords

    • Cyclic change behaviour
    • M/G/1 queue
    • optimal workload control
    • system performance

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Control and Systems Engineering
    • Computer Science Applications
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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