Heavy Traffic Analysis of Polling Systems in Tandem (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Heavy Traffic Analysis of Polling Systems in Tandem offers a fresh look at complex manufacturing models. This book uses heavy-traffic ideas to study networks of polling queues and explain how workloads and waiting times behave when systems are busy.

- Discover how a deterministic view emerges when total workloads move slowly while individual workloads sweep quickly, and how this leads to practical estimates for sojourn times.
- Learn how the model handles multiple product types, setup times, and how cycle lengths and batch sizes tend to grow downstream in a tandem network.
- See how steady-state and transient performance can be approached with a combination of averaging principles and deterministic analysis, with guidance on when product-form results apply.
- Explore generalizations, including unequal service rates and networks with several stations and customer types, plus insights from simulation comparisons.

Ideal for readers of manufacturing analytics and operations research who want a rigorous yet accessible view of how heavy-traffic theory informs queueing networks in tandem settings.

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