Dial-up internet access: A two-provider cost model

Queueing Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 5-27

  Ross, Andrew M ^a   Shanthikumar, J George ^b  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme values; Infinite server queue; Non homogeneous queue; Square root rule

Indexed keywords

CEILINGS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MODEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EXTREME VALUE; INFINITE SERVER QUEUES; INTEGER PROGRAM; NETWORK FLOW PROBLEMS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PERFECT INFORMATIONS; SQUARE ROOTS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 30844456829     PISSN: 02570130     EISSN: 15729443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11134-005-1671-2     Document Type: Article

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