A queueing approach to a multi class M/G/1 make-to-stock with backlog

Opher Baron, Yoav Kerner

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Abstract

This paper studies an M/G/1 production system serving several customer classes. We show that the Multilevel Rationing (MR) policy, that has been shown to be optimal in the M/M/1 case is not optimal in general. We propose another policy, which we call the extended MR (EMR). The EMR policy exploits the information on the number of all waiting customers at arrival epochs to assess the residual service time. We establish conditions under which the EMR policy is optimal and extend the conditions under which the MR policy is optimal.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)666-671
Number of pages6
JournalOperations Research Letters
Volume44
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2016

Keywords

  • Backlog
  • M/G/1
  • Make-to-stock
  • Multi-class

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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