NDLI: Control and coordination policies for systems with buffers

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Mitrani, I. Mitra, D.
Abstract	We study systems consisting of a number of service cells in tandem, each containing a finite buffer. Several policies governing the operation of such systems are described and compared. These include traditional and novel blocking schemes, with applications to computer communications and production lines. In particular, it is shown that kanban, a novel discipline for coordinating cells in a manufacturing context, is obtained by combining two, more basic, concepts: a blocking policy introduced here as minimal blocking, and shared buffers. The Kanban discipline is superior in terms of throughput to the ordinary transfer blocking policy.A method for analyzing approximately the performance of the Kanban system is also presented. This is based on examining first a single cell in isolation and then combining the isolated cells through fixed-point equations. Some numerical results and comparisons with simulations are included.
Starting Page	156
Ending Page	164
Page Count	9
ISSN	01635999
DOI	10.1145/75372.75389
Journal	ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review (PERV)
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2014-01-10
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Networks and Communications Hardware and Architecture Software

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Control and coordination policies for systems with buffers