Stochastic Comparisons for Non-Markov Processes

DOI10.1287/moor.11.4.608zbMath0609.60046OpenAlexW2124661501MaRDI QIDQ3749847

Ward Whitt

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Mathematics of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/63184276262fe500e747125c46f2a0452e7560b4

zbMATH Keywords

stochastic comparisonsstochastic monotonicityblocking in multi-server service facilitiesinequality in traffic theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) General theory of stochastic processes (60G07) Stochastic processes (60G99)

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