Question: Consider a two-machine Bernoulli line with the symmetric blocking convention. Assume both machines are identical with efficiency p and the buffer capacity is N.
(a) Analyze the behavior of the SLE as a function of p and N.
(b) Analyze the behavior of the PEFs as a function of p and N.
(c) Formulate qualitative results of these analyzes with regard to the relative speeds of the transients of buffer occupancies, P R, and W IP.
(d) Are these conclusions different from those obtained under the blocked before service convention.