Directed FCFS infinite bipartite matching

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Abstract

We consider an infinite sequence consisting of agents of several types and goods of several types, with a bipartite compatibility graph between agent and good types. Goods are matched with agents that appear earlier in the sequence using FCFS matching, if such are available, and are lost otherwise. This model may be used for two-sided queueing applications such as ride sharing, Web purchases, organ transplants, and for parallel redundant service queues. For this model, we calculate matching rates and delays. These can be used to obtain waiting times and help with design questions for related service systems. We explore some relations of this model to other FCFS stochastic matching models.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)387-418
Number of pages32
JournalQueueing Systems
Volume96
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020

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Keywords

  • Dynamic online matching
  • FCFS matching
  • Matching delays
  • Matching rates
  • Parallel service systems
  • Two-sided queues

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

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