## Advances in Applied Probability

### FCFS infinite bipartite matching of servers and customers

#### Abstract

We consider an infinite sequence of customers of types 𝓒={1,2,...,I} and an infinite sequence of servers of types 𝓢={1,2,...,J}, where a server of type j can serve a subset of customer types C(j) and where a customer of type~$i$ can be served by a subset of server types S(i). We assume that the types of customers and servers in the infinite sequences are random, independent, and identically distributed, and that customers and servers are matched according to their order in the sequence, on a first-come--first-served (FCFS) basis. We investigate this process of infinite bipartite matching. In particular, we are interested in the rate ri,j that customers of type i are assigned to servers of type j. We present a countable state Markov chain to describe this process, and for some previously unsolved instances, we prove ergodicity and existence of limiting rates, and calculate ri,j.

#### Article information

Source
Adv. in Appl. Probab. Volume 41, Number 3 (2009), 695-730.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 September 2009

Permanent link to this document
http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aap/1253281061

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1239/aap/1253281061

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2571314

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
05625065

#### Citation

René, Caldentey; Edward H., Kaplan; Gideon, Weiss. FCFS infinite bipartite matching of servers and customers. Adv. in Appl. Probab. 41 (2009), no. 3, 695--730. doi:10.1239/aap/1253281061. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aap/1253281061.

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