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IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF POLLING MODELS USING FORCED IDLE TIMES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

Frank Aurzada and
Sebastian Schwinn
Frank Aurzada
Affiliation:
Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany E-mail: aurzada@mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de
Sebastian Schwinn
Affiliation:
Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, GermanyGraduate School CE, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany E-mail: schwinn@mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de
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Abstract

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We consider polling models in the sense of Takagi [19]. In our case, the feature of the server is that it may be forced to wait idly for new messages at an empty queue instead of switching to the next station. We propose four different wait-and-see strategies that govern these waiting periods. We assume Poisson arrivals for new messages and allow general service and switchover time distributions. The results are formulas for the mean average queueing delay and characterizations of the cases where the wait-and-see strategies yield a lower delay compared with the exhaustive strategy.

Keywords

exhaustive serviceforced idle timepatient serverpolling modelpseudo-conservation lawtimerwait-and-see strategywaiting time

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Research Article
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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , October 2018, pp. 580 - 602
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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