An algorithm to compute the waiting time distribution for the M/G/1 queue

INFORMS Journal on Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 152-161

  Shortle, John F ^a   Brill, Percy H ^b   Fischer, Martin J ^c   Gross, Donald ^a   Masi, Denise M B ^c  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c NOBLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Communications; Queues

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THEOREM PROVING;

HEAVY-TAILED DISTRIBUTIONS; QUEUE-WAITING-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; QUEUES;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 3843063398     PISSN: 10919856     EISSN: 15265528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.1030.0045     Document Type: Article

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