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Rank-based stochastic differential inclusions and diffusion limits for a load balancing model

Probability 2024-09-24 v1

Abstract

In an earlier paper, a randomized load balancing model was studied in a heavy traffic asymptotic regime where the load balancing stream is thin compared to the total arrival stream. It was shown that the limit is given by a system of rank-based Brownian particles on the half-line. This paper extends these results from the case of exponential service time to an invariance principle, where service times have finite second moment. The main tool is a new notion of rank-based stochastic differential inclusion, which may be of interest in its own right.

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@article{arxiv.2409.15121,
  title  = {Rank-based stochastic differential inclusions and diffusion limits for a load balancing model},
  author = {Rami Atar and Tomoyuki Ichiba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.15121},
  year   = {2024}
}
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