A characterization of product-form stationary distributions for queueing systems in random environment

International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 4-11

  Economou, Antonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Markov chains; Product form; Queueing; Random environment; Stationary distribution

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MARKOV PROCESSES; QUEUEING NETWORKS; QUEUEING THEORY;

CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV CHAIN; CONTINUOUS TIME MODELING; EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCT FORM STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCT FORMS; QUEUEING; RANDOM ENVIRONMENT; STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION;

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 34447625418     PISSN: 14738031     EISSN: 1473804X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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