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A simple proof of a result of Iglehart and Shedler

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Mark Berman*
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics
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Postal address: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, P.O. Box 218, Lindfield, NSW 2070, Australia.
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Abstract

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Iglehart and Shedler (1983) prove that the ‘labelled jobs’ method for estimation of passage-time characteristics in closed multiclass networks of queues with general service times provides asymptotically shorter confidence intervals than does the ‘marked job’ method. A simple alternative proof of this result, under slightly more restrictive conditions, is given here.

Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1985 

References

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