State space collapse with application to heavy traffic limits for multiclass queueing networks

Queueing Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-140

  Bramson, Maury ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

First in first out; Fluid models; Heavy traffic limits; Processor sharing; Queueing networks

Indexed keywords

PLASMA FLOW; QUEUEING THEORY;

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS; FIRST IN FIRST OUTS; FLUID MODELS; HEAVY TRAFFIC LIMIT; LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS; MULTI-CLASS QUEUEING NETWORKS; PROCESSOR SHARING; STATE-SPACE COLLAPSE;

QUEUEING NETWORKS;

EID: 0032262849     PISSN: 02570130     EISSN: 15729443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019160803783     Document Type: Article

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