Linear stochastic fluid networks

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 244-260

  Kella, Offer ^a   Whitt, Ward ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid models; Infinite server queues; L vy processes; Queueing networks; Shot noise; Stochastic fluid networks; Storage networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033238296     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200017009     Document Type: Article

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