Technical Note—A Multiserver Queue with No Passing
Author(s) -
Alan R. Washburn
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
operations research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.797
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1526-5463
pISSN - 0030-364X
DOI - 10.1287/opre.22.2.428
Subject(s) - queue , poisson distribution , queueing theory , computer science , constraint (computer aided design) , service (business) , queue management system , exponential function , order (exchange) , operations research , mathematical optimization , computer network , mathematics , statistics , business , mathematical analysis , geometry , marketing , finance
This note deals with a queuing situation where customers must leave the system in the same order in which they arrive, owing to a physical constraint that prohibits passing. Poisson input and basically exponential service times are assumed, and the mean waiting time in the steady state is derived.
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