Military Queueing Systems in Saturation Regime and Some Practical Consequences

 

Nebojša Nikolić

 

Military queueing systems, in combat conditions above all, could be exposed to heavy-traffic conditions. An extreme or boundary case of heavy traffic is saturation. Saturation of queueing systems assumes that intensity of demands for servicing is equal to the nominal capacity of the service channel. A possibility for theoretical modeling and analysis of such systems is very limited due to mathematical complexity, so that researchers turn to other methodological approaches. This paper presents the results of modeling and analysis of a queueing system in saturation, by the use of a novel method of Monte Carlo simulation modeling, marked as “Automated Independent Replications with Gathering Statistics of Stochastic Process”. The main problem which has to be solved is a problem of accuracy of simulation results. It will be also demonstrated that a queueing system under saturation conditions and for finite time of engagement may operate mainly in the initial transient regime.

Key words: mass servicing system, military system, logistics, system saturation, Monte Carlo Method.