Paper 4, Section II, J

Applied Probability
Part II, 2013

(i) Define an M/M/1M / M / 1 queue. Justifying briefly your answer, specify when this queue has a stationary distribution, and identify that distribution. State and prove Burke's theorem for this queue.

(ii) Let (L1(t),,LN(t),t0)\left(L_{1}(t), \ldots, L_{N}(t), t \geqslant 0\right) denote a Jackson network of NN queues, where the entrance and service rates for queue ii are respectively λi\lambda_{i} and μi\mu_{i}, and each customer leaving queue ii moves to queue jj with probability pijp_{i j} after service. We assume jpij<1\sum_{j} p_{i j}<1 for each i=1,,Ni=1, \ldots, N; with probability 1jpij1-\sum_{j} p_{i j} a customer leaving queue ii departs from the system. State Jackson's theorem for this network. [You are not required to prove it.] Are the processes (L1(t),,LN(t),t0)\left(L_{1}(t), \ldots, L_{N}(t), t \geqslant 0\right) independent at equilibrium? Justify your answer.

(iii) Let Di(t)D_{i}(t) be the process of final departures from queue ii. Show that, at equilibrium, (L1(t),,LN(t))\left(L_{1}(t), \ldots, L_{N}(t)\right) is independent of (Di(s),1iN,0st)\left(D_{i}(s), 1 \leqslant i \leqslant N, 0 \leqslant s \leqslant t\right). Show that, for each fixed i=1,,N,(Di(t),t0)i=1, \ldots, N,\left(D_{i}(t), t \geqslant 0\right) is a Poisson process, and specify its rate.