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Some reflections on the renewal-theory paradox in queueing theory (English)
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21 June 1999
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Some counterintuitive behavior in vacation and polling systems are discussed: For instance in a polling system forcing the server to remain idle even when there is work waiting to be done may decrease the expected waiting time. The authors explain why this effect and similar phenomena are consequences of the waiting time paradox in renewal theory.
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inspection paradox
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waiting-time paradox
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M/G/1-queues
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vacation models
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polling models
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waiting times
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decomposition
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