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On Niu&s conjecture for tandem queues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Betsy S. Greenberg
Betsy S. Greenberg*
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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∗ Postal address: Department of Management Science and Information Systems, The University of Texas at Austin, CBA 5.202, Austin, TX 78712–1175, USA.
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Abstract

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We show that Niu&s (1980) conjecture is true for Poisson arrivals and light traffic. We also show that a weak version of the conjecture is true for a special case in heavy traffic.

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Letters to the Editor
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , September 1987 , pp. 751 - 753
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1987 

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