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The Downs-Thomson Effect in a Markov Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Bruce Calvert
Bruce Calvert
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Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Abstract

Suppose customers pass through a network of two queues in parallel. A statedependent routing policy gives individuals their quickest journey. The Downs-Thomson effect is any increase in the long-run expected journey time caused by an increase in the service rates. This effect may occur.

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 327 - 340
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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