Groups of Repairmen and Repair-based Load Balancing in Supermarket Models with Repairable Servers

Abstract: Supermarket models are a class of interesting parallel queueing networks with dynamic randomized load balancing and real-time resource management. When the parallel servers are subject to breakdowns and repairs, analysis of such a supermarket model becomes more difficult and challenging. In this paper, we apply the mean-field theory to studying four interrelated supermarket models with repairable servers, and numerically indicate impact of the different repairman groups on performance of the systems. First, we set up the systems of mean-field equations for the supermarket models with repairable servers. Then we prove the asymptotic independence of the supermarket models through the operator semi-group and the mean-field limit. Furthermore, we show that the fixed points of the supermarket models satisfy the systems of nonlinear equations. Finally, we use the fixed points to give numerical computation for performer analysis, and provide valuable observations on model improvement. Therefore, this paper provides a new and effective method in the study of complex supermarket models.