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A model for queues in series

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

O. P. Sharma*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Abstract

This paper studies the stationary behaviour of a finite space queueing model consisting of r queues in series with multi-server service facilities at each queue. Poisson input and exponential service times have been assumed. The model is suitable for phase-type service as well as service with waiting allowed before the different phases. In the case of single-server queues explicit expressions for certain probability distributions, parameters and a steady-state solution for infinite queueing space have been obtained.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1973 

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Footnotes

Research done while the author was visiting the University of Sheffield supported by a Technical Assistance Award from the Ministry of Overseas Development.

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