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The autocorrelation function of the queue length process for the two-server Poisson queue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

James M. Hill
Affiliation:
University of Wollongong
Keith P. Tognetti
Affiliation:
University of Wollongong

Abstract

Using Laplace transforms an explicit analytical expression is obtained for the autocorrelation function of the number in the system for the two-server Poisson queue. The method employed may be extended to Poisson queues with more than two servers.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1978 

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