Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis 
Volume 6 (1993), Issue 4, Pages 359-384
doi:10.1155/S1048953393000309

A bulk queueing system under N-policy with bilevel service delay discipline and start-up time

David C. R. Muh1,2

1Department of Operations Research, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne 32901, FL, USA
21767 Brookside St. N.E., Palm Bay 32907, FL, USA

Received 1 June 1993; Revised 1 October 1993

Abstract

The author studies the queueing process in a single-server, bulk arrival and batch service queueing system with a compound Poisson input, bilevel service delay discipline, start-up time, and a fixed accumulation level with control operating policy. It is assumed that when the queue length falls below a predefined level r(≥1), the system, with server capacity R, immediately stops service until the queue length reaches or exceeds the second predefined accumulation level N(≥r). Two cases, with N≤R and N≥R, are studied.

The author finds explicitly the probability generating function of the stationary distribution of the queueing process and gives numerical examples.