This paper extends recent work on finding the stochastic queue median (SQM) on a network. The SQM is the optimal location of a single mobile server, when idle, who travels to customers in response to requests for service. Customer demands are limited to the nodes of the network and their...

We define a high volume factory to be a connected network of workstations, at which assigned workers process work-in-progress that flows at high rates through the workstations. A high rate usually implies that each worker processes many pieces per hour, enough so that work can be described as a...