Abstract This paper is concerned with the analysis of an infinite-capacity batch arrival multi-server queueing system Bernoulli feedback, synchronous multiple and single working vacation policies, waiting servers, reneging retention reneged customers. The steady-state solution obtained by using probability generating function (PGF). In addition, important performance measures are derived. Then,...

Suppose that in a stationary M/M/c queueing system with arrival rate and service rate , customers may be lost via either balking with probability $ or reneging at rate. All of , and the loss parameter $ or as applicable are unknown and are to be estimated from transactional data (i.e. the set of service initiation and service completion epochs) observed on a (long) time interval of length T. Th...

The Qualitative Research Consultant profession as we know it is dying. It is a slow but relentless decline and what little is being done to stop or reverse it is not sufficient. The immediate cause of this malady is the reneging of our professional responsibility to provide consultation, instead of just moderation, in the research that we conduct for our clients. If this continues, within a few...

In an environment subject to random fluctuations, when does an increase in the breadth of activities in which individuals interact together help foster collaboration on each activity? We show that when players, on average, prefer to stick to a cooperative agreement rather than reneging by taking their privately optimal action, then such an agreement can be approximated as equilibrium play in a ...

Wireless/mobile communication systems are becoming increasingly popular in recent years. As the wireless resources are scarce, it is important to allocate resources efficiently and carefully, in order to achieve maximum output. The call admission control schemes play a significant role in providing the desired quality of service (QoS) by judiciously assigning the radio channels that are availab...

In this paper we consider a single-server, cyclic polling system with switch-over times and Poisson arrivals. The service disciplines that are discussed, are exhaustive and gated service. The novel contribution of the present paper is that we consider the reneging of customers at polling instants. In more detail, whenever the server starts or ends a visit to a queue, some of the customers waiti...

This paper studies how pay transparency affects organizations that reward employees based on their efforts (i.e., using “subjective performance evaluation”). First, we show triggers social comparisons require the organization to its an “envy premium”. premium reduces value of employment relationship organization, and thus incentive subjective bonuses hard-working employees. To restore credibili...