The last departure time from an M t /G/∞ queue with a terminating arrival process

Queueing Systems

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-104

  Goldberg, David Alan ^a   Whitt, Ward ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion caused by inspection; Extreme value theory; Infinite server queues; Last departure time; Non stationary queues; Queues with terminating arrival processes; Two stage inspection

Indexed keywords

INSPECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ARRIVAL PROCESS; DEPARTURE TIME; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; INFINITE SERVER QUEUES; NONSTATIONARY;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 41249085495     PISSN: 02570130     EISSN: 15729443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11134-008-9060-2     Document Type: Article

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