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Transient solution to the many-server Poisson queue: a simple approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

P. R. Parthasarathy  and
M. Sharafali
P. R. Parthasarathy*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
M. Sharafali*
Affiliation:
Government Arts College, Nandanam, Madras
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600 036, India.
∗∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics, Government Arts College, Nandanam, Madras 600 035, India.
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Abstract

An elegant time-dependent solution for the number in the M/M/c queueing system is derived in a direct way.

Keywords

SYSTEM SIZEALMOST LOWER TRIANGLESSTEADY-STATE PROBABILITIESBUSY PERIOD

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 584 - 594
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

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