Setup Costs in Processing Systems. As in Example 71, suppose the ergodic Markov chain Xn with stationary distribution π denotes a sequence of jobs a system processes (labeled by job type). Assume that...

Setup Costs in Processing Systems. As in Example 71, suppose the ergodic Markov chain
_Xn
with stationary distribution π denotes a sequence of jobs a system processes (labeled by job type). Assume that whenever the system switches from processing a type i job to processing a type j job, the system incurs a setup cost v(i, j) measured in time or money. ThenExample 71