A poisson input queue under N-policy and with a general start up time

Abstract The paper examines the steady state behaviour of an M/G/1 queue under control operating policy and with a general start up time. Stochastic decomposition results of Fuhrmann and Cooper (Ops Res. 33, 1127–1129, 1985) for an M/G/1 queue with generalized vacation have been utilized in this study. The paper generalizes the results obtained by Borthakur et al. (Computers Ops Res. 14, 33–40, 1987)