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On the many server queue with exponential service times

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

J. H. A. De Smit
J. H. A. De Smit*
Affiliation:
Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, University of Louvain
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Abstract

The general theory for the many server queue due to Pollaczek (1961) and generalized by the author (de Smit (1973)) is applied to the system with exponential service times. In this way many explicit results are obtained for the distributions of characteristic quantities, such as the actual waiting time, the virtual waiting time, the queue length, the number of busy servers, the busy period and the busy cycle. Most of these results are new, even for the special case of Poisson arrivals.

Keywords

MANY SERVER QUEUEPOLLACZEK'S METHODEXPONENTIAL SERVICE TIMESACTUAL WAITING TIMEVIRTUAL WAITING TIMEBUSY CYCLEBUSY PERIODQUEUE LENGTH, OUTPUT PROCESS

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Research Article
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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , April 1973, pp. 170 - 182
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1973 

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