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The number of departures from a semi-Markov queue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

D. C. McNickle*
Affiliation:
University of Auckland

Abstract

In this note an identity due to Arjas (1972) is used to express the distribution of the number of departures from a single server queue in which both service and interarrival times may depend on customer type in terms of the busy period and busy cycle processes.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1974 

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References

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