Queueing Theory and Network Applications: 12th International Conference, QTNA 2017, Qinhuangdao, China, August 21-23, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10591)

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Queueing Theory and Network Applications, QTNA 2017, held in Qinhuangdao, China, in August 2017. The 19 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 initial submissions. They deal with queueing models; queueing applications; and network models. Front Matter ....Pages I-XII Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Equilibrium Analysis of the M/M/1 Queues with Setup Times Under N-Policy (Yaqian Hao, Jinting Wang, Mingyu Yang, Ruoyu Wang)....Pages 3-17 Waiting and Service Time of a Unique Customer in an M/M/m Preemptive LCFS Queue with Impatient Customers (Hideaki Takagi)....Pages 18-35 Multi-Server M/M/c Queue with N-Policy and d-Type Working Vacation (Xiuli Xu, Ming Li, Huining Wang)....Pages 36-48 Group-Server Queues (Quan-Lin Li, Jing-Yu Ma, Mingzhou Xie, Li Xia)....Pages 49-72 Front Matter ....Pages 73-73 Transaction-Confirmation Time for Bitcoin: A Queueing Analytical Approach to Blockchain Mechanism (Yoshiaki Kawase, Shoji Kasahara)....Pages 75-88 Reliability Evaluation for a Portable Ethernet Data Acquisition Device Subjected to Competing Failure of Random Shocks (Min Lv, Qiang Xue, Cong Lin)....Pages 89-100 Delay Analysis of Three-State Markov Channels (Jian Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhou, Tony T. Lee, Tong Ye)....Pages 101-117 A Nonlinear Solution to Closed Queueing Networks for Bike Sharing Systems with Markovian Arrival Processes and Under an Irreducible Path Graph (Quan-Lin Li, Rui-Na Fan, Zhi-Yong Qian)....Pages 118-140 Front Matter ....Pages 141-141 Energy-Efficient Strategy with a Speed Switch and a Multiple-Sleep Mode in Cloud Data Centers (Shunfu Jin, Shanshan Hao, Wuyi Yue)....Pages 143-154 Performance Analysis of Broadcast Packets in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (Jaedeok Kim, Ganguk Hwang)....Pages 155-167 Performance Evaluation of Cognitive Radio Networks with a Finite Buffer Setting for Primary Users (Yuan Zhao, Wuyi Yue)....Pages 168-179 Dynamic Lot-Sizing in Sequential Online Auction Systems with Reserve Price (Shuren Liu, Licai Lei, Pei Tang)....Pages 180-195 Front Matter ....Pages 197-197 The Priority of Inbound Calls over Outbound Calls Modeled as a Discrete-Time Retrial/Delay System (Rein Nobel, Maik Dekker)....Pages 199-216 Fluid and Diffusion Limits for Bike Sharing Systems (Quan-Lin Li, Zhi-Yong Qian, Rui-Na Fan)....Pages 217-245 Model and Algorithm for Rescue Resource Assignment Problem in Disaster Response Based on Demand-Ability-Equipment Matching (Zhiwen Xiao, Guoqing Wang, Jianming Zhu)....Pages 246-261 Front Matter ....Pages 263-263 Tail Probabilities of the Delay Under a Reservation-Based Scheduling Mechanism (Michiel De Muynck, Herwig Bruneel, Sabine Wittevrongel)....Pages 265-281 The Impact of Priority Policy in a Two-Queue Markovian Polling System with Multi-Class Priorities (Yuqing Chu, Zaiming Liu)....Pages 282-296 Customer Equilibrium and Social Optimization in a Markovian Queue with Fuzzy Parameters (Gang Chen, Zaiming Liu, Jingchuan Zhang)....Pages 297-311 Trilogy on Computing Maximal Eigenpair (Mu-Fa Chen)....Pages 312-329 Back Matter ....Pages 331-331