*********************************
There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
*********************************
TITLE: Infinite Virtual Queues (IVQ) and the Control of Multi Class Queueing Networks (MCQN)
SPEAKER: Dr. Gideon Weiss
ABSTRACT:
Recently I introduced the concept of infinite virtual queues, which are simply queues which never run out of work. In a standard queueing network the input source can be regarded as an infinite virtual queue. In a muti-class queueing network IVQs provide a new paradigm for networks in balanced heavy traffic: In a MCQN with IVQs we can have full utilization of servers (rho=1) and no congestion. I will describe a network which illustrates this phenomena. I will then show how we can use MCQN with IVQs for optimal control of a MCQN over a finite time horizon.
Joint work with students: Anat Kopzon, Yoni Nazarathy.
