A Laplace transform representation in a class of renewal queueing and risk processes

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 570-584

  Willmot, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compound geometric; Coxian distribution; Erlang distribution; Failure rate; Lagrange interpolation; Regular variation; Residual lifetime; Subexponential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033235820     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200017320     Document Type: Article

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