Bulk queue

In queueing theory, a discipline within the mathematical theory of probability, a bulk queue[1] (sometimes batch queue[2]) is a general queueing model where jobs arrive in and/or are served in groups of random size.[3]: vii  Batch arrivals have been used to describe large deliveries[4] and batch services to model a hospital out-patient department holding a clinic once a week,[5] a transport link with fixed capacity[6][7] and an elevator.[8]

Networks of such queues are known to have a product form stationary distribution under certain conditions.[9] Under heavy traffic conditions a bulk queue is known to behave like a reflected Brownian motion.[10][11]

Kendall's notation

In Kendall's notation for single queueing nodes, the random variable denoting bulk arrivals or service is denoted with a superscript, for example MX/MY/1 denotes an M/M/1 queue where the arrivals are in batches determined by the random variable X and the services in bulk determined by the random variable Y. In a similar way, the GI/G/1 queue is extended to GIX/GY/1.[1]

Bulk service

Customers arrive at random instants according to a Poisson process and form a single queue, from the front of which batches of customers (typically with a fixed maximum size[12]) are served at a rate with independent distribution.[5] The equilibrium distribution, mean and variance of queue length are known for this model.[5]

The optimal maximum size of batch, subject to operating cost constraints, can be modelled as a Markov decision process.[13]

Bulk arrival

Optimal service-provision procedures to minimize long run expected cost have been published.[4]

Waiting Time Distribution

The waiting time distribution of bulk Poisson arrival is presented in.[14]

References
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  4. Berg, Menachem; van der Duyn Schouten, Frank; Jansen, Jorg (1998). "Optimal Batch Provisioning to Customers Subject to a Delay-Limit". Management Science. 44 (5): 684–697. doi:10.1287/mnsc.44.5.684. JSTOR 2634473.
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  8. Marcel F. Neuts (1967). "A General Class of Bulk Queues with Poisson Input" (PDF). The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 38 (3): 759–770. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177698869. JSTOR 2238992.
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