Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
Realization probability is a new concept pertaining to perturbation analysis of closed queuing networks. The sensitivities of throughputs in a closed single-class Jackson network can be expressed in terms of realization probabilities. In this paper, based on a discussion of perturbation analysis for networks with state-dependent service rates, we derive some new formulas for sensitivities of throughputs using realization probability.
This work was initiated when the author was with the Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.