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On queues in which customers are served in random order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. F. C. Kingman
J. F. C. Kingman
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Statistical LaboratoryCambridge
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Abstract

The queue M |G| l is considered in the case in which customers are served in random order. A formal solution is obtained for the waiting time distribution in the steady state, and is used to consider the exponential decay of the distribution. The moments of the waiting time are examined, and the asymptotic form of the distribution in heavy traffic is found. Finally, the problem is related to those of the busy period and the approach to the steady state.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , January 1962 , pp. 79 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1962

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