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Abstract

We consider a model consisting of two fluid queues driven by the same background continuous-time Markov chain, such that the rates of change of the fluid in the second queue depend on whether the first queue is empty or not: when the first queue is nonempty, the content of the second queue increases, and when the first queue is empty, the content of the second queue decreases.We analyze the stationary distribution of this tandem model using operator-analytic methods. The various densities (or Laplace–Stieltjes transforms thereof) and probability masses involved in this stationary distribution are expressed in terms of the stationary distribution of some embedded process. To find the latter from the (known) transition kernel, we propose a numerical procedure based on discretization and truncation. For some examples we show the method works well, although its performance is clearly affected by the quality of these approximations, both in terms of accuracy and run time.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	O'Reilly, MM and Scheinhardt, W
Keywords:	Laplace-Stieltjes transform, limiting distribution, Markov chain, stochastic fluid model, tandem, transient analysis
Journal or Publication Title:	Stochastic Models
Publisher:	Marcel Dekker Inc
ISSN:	1532-6349
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/15326349.2017.1349615
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2017 Taylor & Francis
Related URLs:	UTAS Profile: O'Reilly, MM
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