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Analysis of aircraft sortie generation with the use of a fork‐join queueing network model
Author(s) -
Dietz Dennis C.,
Jenkins Richard C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
naval research logistics (nrl)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1520-6750
pISSN - 0894-069X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6750(199703)44:2<153::aid-nav1>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - queueing theory , fork (system call) , computer science , queue , fork–join queue , join (topology) , operations research , service (business) , quality of service , process (computing) , discrete event simulation , network topology , topology (electrical circuits) , computer network , simulation , mathematics , economics , operating system , queue management system , economy , combinatorics
Abstract This article presents an approximate analytical method for evaluating an aircraft sortie generation process. The process is modeled as a closed network of multiserver queues and fork‐join nodes that allow concurrent service activities. The model uses a variation of mean value analysis (MVA) to capture the effect of mean service times, resource levels, and network topology on performance measures including resource utilizations and the overall sortie generation rate. The quality of the analytical approximation is demonstrated through comparison with simulation results. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America. Naval Research Logistics 44: 153–164, 1997