A class of multi-server queueing system with server failures

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-43

  Yang, Xiaolan ^a   Alfa, Attahiru Sule ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakdowns and repairs; Matrix geometric method; Multi server queue; Phase type service; Unreliable servers

Indexed keywords

POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUEUEING NETWORKS; QUEUEING THEORY; SERVERS;

BREAKDOWNS AND REPAIRS; MATRIX-GEOMETRIC METHOD; MULTI-SERVER QUEUE; PHASE TYPE SERVICE; UNRELIABLE SERVERS;

REPAIR;

EID: 59049086334     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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