Note—A Note on the Reversibility and Duality of Some Tandem Blocking Queueing Systems

In a previous paper Yamazaki et al. (Yamazaki, G., T. Kawashima, H. Sakasegawa. 1983. Reversibility of tandem blocking queueing systems. Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.) prove that a certain tandem blocking queueing system and its reversed counterpart have the same capacity (throughput). The purpose of this note is to offer an alternative viewpoint based on a concept of duality. This leads to a more intuitive methodology and provides additional insight into the original and reversed systems.

• 저널Management Science · 32(12) · 1648–1650
• 토픽Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis · Management Information Systems
• DOI10.1287/mnsc.32.12.1648
• 저자Benjamin Melamed