Department of Industrial Engineering2024-11-0920030167-637710.1016/S0167-6377(03)00046-42-s2.0-0038825566http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6377(03)00046-4https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/10664We consider a tandem queue with coupled processors and analyze the two-dimensional Markov process representing the numbers of jobs in the two stations. A functional equation for the generating function of the stationary distribution of this two-dimensional process is derived and solved through the theory of Riemann-Hilbert boundary value problems.Operations researchManagement scienceJournal Article184370200009Q46096