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On the independence of sojourn times in tandem queues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Thomas M. Chen
Thomas M. Chen*
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
*
∗Postal address: Department of EECS, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Abstract

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Reich (1957) proved that the sojourn times in two tandem queues are independent when the first queue is M/M /1 and the second has exponential service times. When service times in the first queue are not exponential, it has been generally expected that the sojourn times are not independent. A proof for the case of deterministic service times in the first queue is offered here.

Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , June 1989 , pp. 488 - 489
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

References

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