7th International Workshop on Retrial Queues

7th WRQ
University of Athens, Greece


July 17-19, 2008


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The scientific program of the 7th WRQ will take place the first two days of the workshop (17-18 July 2008). Clik here for the Scientific Program.

Program Schedule

July 17, 2008
Registration 09:00-09:30  
Opening session 09:30-09:45  
Session 1 09:45-10:10 D. Efrosinin
  10:10-10:35 S. Kanta
  10:35-11:00 R.D. Nobel
Coffee break 11:00-11:30  
Session 2 11:30-11:55 M.J. Lopez-Herrero
  11:55-12:20 I. Dimitriou
  12:20-12:45 F. Ferreira
  12:45-13:10 J. Resing
Lunch break 13:10-14:30  
Session 3 14:30-14:55 Q-L. Li
  14:55-15:20 V.I. Klimenok
  15:20-15:45 A.N. Dudin
Coffee break 15:45-16:15  
Session 4 16:15-16:40 S.R. Chakravarthy
  16:40-17:05 A. Krishnamoorthy
  17:05-17:30 G. Mytalas
  17:30-17:55 M. Zazanis



July 18, 2008
Session 5 09:00-09:25 Bara Kim
  09:25-09:50 S. Kapodistria
  09:50-10:15 P. Moreno
  10:15-10:40 I. Atencia
Coffee break 10:40-11:10  
Session 6 11:10-11:35 L. Lakatos
  11:35-12:00 J. Amador
  12:00-12:25 B. Krishna Kumar
  12:25-12:50 Y.W. Shin
Lunch break 12:50-14:00  
Session 7 14:00-14:25 F. Machihara
  14:25-14:50 A. Gomez-Corral
  14:50-15:15 J.R. Artalejo
Closing session 15:15-15:45  


July 17, 2008

09:00-09:30 Registration

09:30-09:45 Opening session

Session 1: Control and pricing in retrial queues
09:45-10:10 Title: Structural properties of the optimal policy for the multi-server controlled retrial queueing systems
Authors: D. Efrosinin (Institute for Stochastics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria) and V. Rykov (Institute for Information Transmission Problems RAS, Moscow, Russia)
10:10-10:35 Title: Equilibrium customer strategies and social-profit maximization in the single server constant retrial queue
Authors: S. Kanta and A. Economou (University of Athens, Greece)
10:35-11:00 Title: Dynamic control of a retrial queueing system with abandonments
Author: R.D. Nobel (Vrije University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Session 2: Modeling/methodological advances in retrial queues I
11:30-11:55 Title: Performance analysis of an (s, S) inventory with repeated attempts
Author: M.J. Lopez-Herrero (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
11:55-12:20 Title: A queueing system with n phases of service, vacations and retrial customers
Authors: I. Dimitriou and Ch. Langaris (University of Ioannina, Greece)
12:20-12:45 Title: Level crossing ordering of semi-Markov jump processes with applications to Markovian queueing networks and retrial queues
Authors: F. Ferreira (UTAD and CEMAT, Portugal) and A. Pacheco (IST - TU Lisbon and CEMAT, Portugal)
12:45-13:10 Title: Mean value analysis of single server retrial queues
Authors: J. Resing (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) and J.R. Artalejo (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)

13:10-14:30 Lunch break - Sandwiches

Session 3: Matrix analytic methods in retrial queues I
14:30-14:55 Title: The GI/G/1 retrial queue
Author: Q-L. Li (Tsinghua University, China)
14.55-15.20 Title: A tandem retrial queueing system with two Markovian flows of customers and reservation of channels
Authors: C.S. Kim (Sangji University, Korea), V.I. Klimenok and O.S. Taramin (Belarusian State University, Belarus)
15.20-15.45 Title: Multi-server retrial queue with phase type service process: large number of servers
Authors: C.S. Kim (Sangji University, Korea), V.V. Mushko and A.N. Dudin (Belarusian State University, Belarus)

15:45-16:15 Coffee break

Session 4: Matrix analytic methods in retrial queues II
16:15-16:40 Title: A single-server retrial queueing model with MAP arrivals and catastrophic failures with repairs and customer impatience
Authors: S.R. Chakravarthy (Kettering University, USA), A.N. Dudin and V.I. Klimenok (Belarusian State University, Belarus)
16:40-17:05 Title: Title: The MAP/PH/1 multi-priority retrial queue
Authors: A. Krishnamoorthy (Cochin University of Science and Technology, India) and S. Babu (University College, Thiruvanandapuram, India)
17:05-17:30 Title: Retrial queues with service dependent on the number of retrials
Authors: G. Mytalas and M. Zazanis (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
17:30-17:55 Title: Retrial queues with service dependent on the number of retrials
Authors: G. Mytalas and M. Zazanis (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)

July 18, 2008

Session 5: Generating function methods in retrial queues
09:00-09:25 Title: Tail asymptotics for queue sizes in retrial queues
Authors: Jerim Kim, Jeongsim Kim and Bara Kim (Korea University, Korea)
09:25-09:50 Title: Synchronized reneging in a queueing system with constant retrials
Authors: S. Kapodistria and A. Economou (University of Athens, Greece)
09:50-10:15 Title: New distributions of the discrete-time single-server retrial queueing system with general retrial times
Authors: A.G. Hernandez-Diaz and P. Moreno (Pablo de Olavide University, Spain)
10:15-10:40 A discrete-time retrial queueing system with recurrent customers
Authors: I. Atencia (University of Malaga, Spain), I. Fortes (University of Malaga, Spain), S. Nishimura (Tokyo University of Science, Japan), and S. Sanchez (University of Malaga, Spain)

10:40-11:10 Coffee break

Session 6: Modeling/methodological advances in retrial queues II
11:10-11:35 Title: Queue length and waiting time in a cyclic-waiting queue
Author: L. Lakatos (Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary)
11:35-12:00 Title: Distribution of new descriptors of the customer's behaviour in the single server retrial queue
Author: J. Amador (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
12:00-12:25 Title: A single server feedback retrial queue with collisions
Authors: B. Krishna Kumar, G.Vijayalakshmi and S.Sadiq Basha (Anna University, India)
12:25-12:50 Retrial queues with limited number of retrials
Author: Y.W. Shin (Changwon National University, Korea)

12:50-14:00 Lunch and coffee break - Sandwiches

Session 7: Application of retrial queues in cellular mobile systems
14:00-14:25 Title: How to control retrials?
Author: F. Machihara (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)
14:25-14:50 Title: On the applicability of the number of collisions in slotted p-persistent CSMA/CD protocols
Author: A. Gomez-Corral (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
14:50-15:15 Title: Cellular mobile networks with repeated calls operating in random environment
Author: J.R. Artalejo (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
15:15-15:45 Closing session



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