Control and scheduling in a two-station queueing network: Optimal policies and heuristics.
Hong ChenPing YangDavid D. YaoPublished in: Queueing Syst. Theory Appl. (1994)
Keyphrases
- optimal policy
- queueing networks
- long run
- state dependent
- multiclass queueing networks
- scheduling policies
- control policies
- decision problems
- product form
- heavy traffic
- markov decision processes
- control policy
- reinforcement learning
- infinite horizon
- finite horizon
- dynamic programming
- state space
- steady state
- queueing systems
- dynamic programming algorithms
- finite state
- asymptotically optimal
- average reward
- average reward reinforcement learning
- fluid model
- scheduling problem
- multistage
- stationary distribution
- arrival rate
- control problems
- markov decision problems
- control system
- single server
- initial state
- scheduling algorithm
- average cost
- sufficient conditions
- queue length
- serial inventory systems
- round robin
- policy iteration
- expected cost
- optimal control
- service times
- reward function
- parallel machines
- search algorithm