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A Closure Approximation for the Nonstationary M/M/s Queue

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  • Michael H. Rothkopf

    (Xerox Palo Alto Research Center)

  • Shmuel S. Oren

    (Xerox Palo Alto Research Center)

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Typical queues do not have constant arrival rates. This paper discusses effective computational methods for dealing with queues having nonstationary arrival processes. It presents a computationally undemanding approximate method for finding the time dependent mean and standard deviation of the number of customers in an s server queueing system with time-varying arrival and service rates. Results are exhibited for various 1 and 3 server queues with constant service rates and sinusoidal components in the arrival rate.

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  • Michael H. Rothkopf & Shmuel S. Oren, 1979. "A Closure Approximation for the Nonstationary M/M/s Queue," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 25(6), pages 522-534, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:25:y:1979:i:6:p:522-534
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.25.6.522
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