Rare-event simulation for tandem queues: a simple and efficient importance sampling scheme

D.I. Miretskiy, Willem R.W. Scheinhardt, M.R.H. Mandjes

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Abstract

This paper focuses on estimating the rare event of overflow in the downstream queue of a tandem Jackson queue, relying on importance sampling. It is known that in this setting ‘traditional’ state-independent schemes perform poorly. More sophisticated state-dependent schemes yield asymptotic efficiency. Their drawback, however, is that they require a per-state computation of the new measure, so that it still consumes considerable machine time. The contribution of this paper is a scheme that combines asymptotic efficiency with low complexity. It retains the quality of the original statedependent scheme, but its implementation is almost as simple as for state-independent analogues.
Original languageUndefined
Title of host publicationNetwork Control and Optimization, Proceedings of the Third EURO-NF Conference (NET-COOP)
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Pages107-120
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-10405-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event3rd Euro-NF Conference on Network Control and Optimization, NET-COOP 2009 - Eindhoven, Netherlands
Duration: 23 Nov 200925 Nov 2009
Conference number: 3

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Number5894
Volume5894
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference3rd Euro-NF Conference on Network Control and Optimization, NET-COOP 2009
Abbreviated titleNET-COOP
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityEindhoven
Period23/11/0925/11/09

Keywords

  • IR-69811
  • EWI-17326
  • METIS-264504

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