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For a system with several heterogeneous servers, the well-known Howard algorithm was used to study numerically whether the optimal servicing disciplines satisfy the criterion for minimum stationary number of customers in system.
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Efrosinin, D.V., Rykov, V.V. Numerical Study of the Optimal Control of a System with Heterogeneous Servers. Automation and Remote Control 64, 302–309 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022271316352
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