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A note on waiting times in systems with queues in parallel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. P. C. Blanc*
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology

Abstract

Numerical data are presented concerning the mean and the standard deviation of the waiting-time distribution for multiserver systems with queues in parallel, in which customers choose one of the shortest queues upon arrival. Moreover, a new numerical method is outlined for calculating state probabilities and moments of queue-length distributions. This method is based on power series expansions and recursion. It is applicable to many systems with more than one waiting line.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1987 

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