Strategic behavior and social optimization in partially-observable Markovian vacation queues

Pengfei Guo; Qingying Li

doi:10.1016/j.orl.2013.02.005

Author(s)

Pengfei Guo
Qingying Li

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	277-284
Journal / Publication	Operations Research Letters
Volume	41
Issue number	3
Online published	28 Feb 2013
Publication status	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Abstract

We study customers' strategic behavior and social optimization in vacation queues with N-policy under two partial-information scenarios. In scenario 1, only the server's status is observable. We find that avoid-the-crowd/follow-the- crowd behavior exists when the server is busy/idle. In scenario 2, only the queue length is observable. The customers' equilibrium threshold strategy is the same as that in a fully observable system; whereas, the optimal control policy in a fully observable case is sometimes, but not always, implementable in scenario 2. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Research Area(s)

Equilibrium analysis, Partial information, Strategic customers, Vacation queue

Citation Format(s)

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Strategic behavior and social optimization in partially-observable Markovian vacation queues. / Guo, Pengfei; Li, Qingying.
In: Operations Research Letters, Vol. 41, No. 3, 05.2013, p. 277-284.

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Guo, P & Li, Q 2013, 'Strategic behavior and social optimization in partially-observable Markovian vacation queues', Operations Research Letters, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 277-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2013.02.005

Guo, P., & Li, Q. (2013). Strategic behavior and social optimization in partially-observable Markovian vacation queues. Operations Research Letters, 41(3), 277-284. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2013.02.005

Guo P, Li Q. Strategic behavior and social optimization in partially-observable Markovian vacation queues. Operations Research Letters. 2013 May;41(3):277-284. Epub 2013 Feb 28. doi: 10.1016/j.orl.2013.02.005

Guo, Pengfei ; Li, Qingying. / Strategic behavior and social optimization in partially-observable Markovian vacation queues. In: Operations Research Letters. 2013 ; Vol. 41, No. 3. pp. 277-284.