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Batch sojourn time in polling systems on a circle

Probability 2025-03-07 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze a polling system on a circle. Random batches of customers arrive at a circle, where each customer, independently, obtains a uniform location. A single server cyclically travels over the circle to serve all customers. Using mean value analysis, we derive the expected number of waiting customers within a given distance of the server and a closed form expression for the mean batch sojourn time.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2308.12793,
  title  = {Batch sojourn time in polling systems on a circle},
  author = {Tim Engels and Ivo Adan and Onno Boxma and Jacques Resing},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.12793},
  year   = {2025}
}
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