An analysis of the modified offered-load approximation for the nonstationary Erlang loss model

DOI10.1214/AOAP/1177004908zbMath0812.60082OpenAlexW2051591510MaRDI QIDQ1345587

Publication date: 14 May 1995

Published in: The Annals of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoap/1177004908

zbMATH Keywords

performance analysis stochastic dominance nonstationary queues phase-type service infinite server queues Erlang blocking formula nonstationary Erlang loss model time-ordered exponentials traffic theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J27)

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