On the solution of a nonlinear matrix equation arising in queueing problems

SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 906-926

  Bini, Dario ^a   Meini, Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclic reduction; M G 1 type matrices; Queueing problems; Toeplitz matrices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030492130     PISSN: 08954798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0895479895284804     Document Type: Article

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