This paper focuses on monotonicity results for dynamic systems that take values in the
natural numbers or in more-dimensional lattices. The results are mostly formulated in terms …

Abstract Design issues in various types of manufacturing systems such as flow lines,
automatic transfer lines, job shops, flexible machining systems, flexible assembly systems …

An exact solution for the M/G/c/K model is only possible for special cases, such as
exponential service, a single server, or no waiting room at all. Instead of basing the …

This paper surveys the analytical methods that have been developed for optimizing the
design of flexible manufacturing systems. A classification of the design issues into six groups …

Motivated by a project in health-care management, we study the resource allocation
problem in multisite service systems with intersite customer flows. We aim at providing …

We derive convexity results and related properties for the value functions of tandem queuing
systems. The results for standard multiserver queues are new. For completeness, we also …

A key performance parameter of a manufacturing network or supply chain is its cycle time;
the time that a typical item spends in the network. A previous simulation study on a …

This paper considers a Markovian model for the optimal dynamic routing of homogeneous
traffic to parallel heterogeneous queues, each having its own finite input buffer and server …

This paper discusses some recent developments in the static optimization of queueing
systems. Special attention is given to three problem classes:(i) the optimal allocation of …

Over the last few years, residential and enterprise networking have faced several challenges
due to the increasing demand of users for high-throughput connectivity. As a result, efforts …