26 March 2012, Utility optimization in queueing networks, Neil Walton (University of Amsterdam)

We present some applications of utility optimization in queueing networks. We introduce a number of results on utility functions and optimization decompositions. We present results about the equilibrium state of certain queueing networks. We then show how both these optimization problems and queueing networks can be modified so that the asymptotic state of a queueing network converges to the solution of a utility optimization problem.

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