380 research outputs found
Stationary Distributions for Two-Dimensional Sticky Brownian Motions: Exact Tail Asymptotics and Extreme Value Distributions
In this paper, we consider a two-dimensional sticky Brownian motion. Sticky
Brownian motions can be viewed as time-changed semimartingale reflecting
Brownian motions, which find applications in many areas including queueing
theory and mathematical finance. For example, a sticky Brownian motion can be
used to model a storage system.with exceptional services. In this paper, we
focus on stationary distributions for sticky Brownian motions. The main results
obtained here include tail asymptotic properties in boundary stationary
distributions, marginal distributions, and joint distributions. The kernel
method, copula concept and extreme value theory are main tools used in our
analysis.Comment: 32 page
Tail Asymptotics for a Retrial Queue with Bernoulli Schedule
In this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior of the tail probability of
the number of customers in the steady-state retrial queue with
Bernoulli schedule, under the assumption that the service time distribution has
a regularly varying tail. Detailed tail asymptotic properties are obtained for
the (conditional and unconditional) probability of the number of customers in
the (priority) queue, orbit and system, respectively.Comment: 18 pages; revised version: 20 page
Join-the-Shortest-Queue Model as a Mean Field Approximation to a Local Balancing Network
In this paper, we consider a queueing network with nodes, each of which
has a fixed number of neighboring nodes, referred to as the node
network with local balancing. We assume that to each of the nodes, an
incoming job (or task) chooses the shortest queue from this node and its
neighboring nodes. We construct an appropriate Markov process for this network
and find a mean field approximation to this network as ,
which turns out to be the standard join-the-shortest-queue model.Comment: This draft has some major issues to be fixed
Exact Tail Asymptotics --- Revisit of a Retrial Queue with Two Input Streams and Two Orbits
We revisit a single-server retrial queue with two independent Poisson streams
(corresponding to two types of customers) and two orbits. The size of each
orbit is infinite. The exponential server (with a rate independent of the type
of customers) can hold at most one customer at a time and there is no waiting
room. Upon arrival, if a type customer finds a busy server, it
will join the type orbit. After an exponential time with a constant
(retrial) rate , an type customer attempts to get service. This
model has been recently studied by Avrachenkov, Nain and
Yechiali~\cite{ANY2014} by solving a Riemann-Hilbert boundary value problem.
One may notice that, this model is not a random walk in the quarter plane.
Instead, it can be viewed as a random walk in the quarter plane modulated by a
two-state Markov chain, or a two-dimensional quasi-birth-and-death (QBD)
process. The special structure of this chain allows us to deal with the
fundamental form corresponding to one state of the chain at a time, and
therefore it can be studied through a boundary value problem. Inspired by this
fact, in this paper, we focus on the tail asymptotic behaviour of the
stationary joint probability distribution of the two orbits with either an idle
or busy server by using the kernel method, a different one that does not
require a full determination of the unknown generating function. To take
advantage of existing literature results on the kernel method, we identify a
censored random walk, which is an usual walk in the quarter plane. This
technique can also be used for other random walks modulated by a finite-state
Markov chain with a similar structure property.Comment: 23 pages; 2 figure
Constrained Multi-user Multi-server Max-Min Fair Queuing
In this paper, a multi-user multi-server queuing system is studied in which
each user is constrained to get service from a subset of servers. In the
studied system, rate allocation in the sense of max-min fairness results in
multi-level fair rates. To achieve such fair rates, we propose
algorithm. In this algorithm users are chosen for service on a packet by packet
basis. The priority of each user to be chosen at time is determined
based on a parameter known as service tag (representing the amount of work
counted for user till time ). Hence, a free server will choose to serve
an eligible user with the minimum service tag. Based on such simple selection
criterion, aims at guaranteed fair throughput for each demanding user
without explicit knowledge of each server service rate. We argue that
can be applied in a variety of practical queuing systems specially in mobile
cloud computing architecture.Comment: 16 pages, 15 figure
Light-tailed behavior of stationary distribution for state-dependent random walks on a strip
In this paper, we consider the state-dependent reflecting random walk on a
half-strip. We provide explicit criteria for (positive) recurrence, and an
explicit expression for the stationary distribution. As a consequence, the
light-tailed behavior of the stationary distribution is proved under
appropriate conditions. The key idea of the method employed here is the
decomposition of the trajectory of the random walk and the main tool is the
intrinsic branching structure buried in the random walk on a strip, which is
different from the matrix-analytic method
Explicit stationary distribution of the -reflecting random walk on the half line
In this paper, we consider the state-dependent reflecting random walk
(RW) on the half line, which is a RW allowing jumps to the left at a maxial
size . For this model, we provide an explicit criterion for (positive)
recurrence and an explicit expression for the stationary distribution.As an
application, we prove the geometric tail asymptotic behavior of the stationary
distribution under certain conditions. The main tool employed in the paper is
the intrinsic branching structure within the -random walk
Equilibrium customer and socially optimal balking strategies in a constant retrial queue with multiple vacations and -policy
In this paper, equilibrium strategies and optimal balking strategies of
customers in a constant retrial queue with multiple vacations and the
-policy under two information levels, respectively, are investigated. We
assume that there is no waiting area in front of the server and an arriving
customer is served immediately if the server is idle; otherwise (the server is
either busy or on a vacation) it has to leave the system to join a virtual
retrial orbit waiting for retrials according to the FCFS rules. After a service
completion, if the system is not empty, the server becomes idle, available for
serving the next customer, either a new arrival or a retried customer from the
virtual retrial orbit; otherwise (if the system is empty), the server starts a
vacation. Upon the completion of a vacation, the server is reactivated only if
it finds at least customers in the virtual orbit; otherwise, the server
continues another vacation. We study this model at two levels of information,
respectively. For each level of information, we obtain both equilibrium and
optimal balking strategies of customers, and make corresponding numerical
comparisons. Through Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm, we explore
the impact of parameters on the equilibrium and social optimal thresholds, and
obtain the trend in changes, as a function of system parameters, for the
optimal social welfare, which provides guiding significance for social
planners. Finally, by comparing the social welfare under two information
levels, we find that whether the system information should be disclosed to
customers depends on how to maintain the growth of social welfare.Comment: 27 page
Mean Field Approximations to a Queueing System with Threshold-Based Workload Control Scheme
In this paper, motivated by considerations of server utilization and energy
consumptions in cloud computing, we investigate a homogeneous queueing system
with a threshold-based workload control scheme. In this system, a virtual
machine will be turned off when there are no tasks in its buffer upon the
completion of a service by the machine, and turned on when the number of tasks
in its buffer reaches a pre-set threshold value. Due to complexity of this
system, we propose approximations to system performance measures by mean field
limits. An iterative algorithm is suggested for the solution to the mean field
limit equations. In addition, numerical and simulation results are presented to
justify the proposed approximation method and to provide a numerical analysis
on the impact of the system performances by system parameters.Comment: Revised version, 26 pages, 5 figure
GTH Algorithm, Censored Markov Chains, and -Factorization
In this paper, we provide a review on the GTH algorithm, which is a
numerically stable algorithm for computing stationary probabilities of a Markov
chain. Mathematically the GTH algorithm is an rearrangement of Gaussian
elimination, and therefore they are mathematically equivalent. All components
in the GTH algorithm can be interpreted probabilistically based on the
censoring concept and each elimination in the GTH algorithm leads to a censored
Markov chain. The -factorization is a counterpart to the LU-decomposition
for Gaussian elimination. The censored Markov chain can also be treated as an
extended version of the GTH algorithm for a system consisting of infinitely
many linear equations. The censored Markov chain produces a minimal error for
approximating the original chain under the -norm.Comment: 13 pages; a few editorial edits in the revised versio
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