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Finiteness of moments of virtual work for GI/G/C queues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Saeed Ghahramani*
Affiliation:
Towson State University
*
Postal address: Towson State University, Department of Mathematics, Towson, MD 21204, USA.

Abstract

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the finiteness of moments of virtual work for GI/G/c queues are presented.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

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