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Complements to heavy traffic limit theorems for the GI/G/1 queue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Ward Whitt
Ward Whitt*
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Yale University
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Abstract

A bound on the rate of convergence and sufficient conditions for the convergence of moments are obtained for the sequence of waiting times in the GI/G/1 queue when the traffic intensity is at the critical value ρ = 1.

Keywords

CONGESTIONQUEUESGI/G/1 QUEUEWAITING TIMESUNSTABLE QUEUESHEAVY TRAFFICLIMIT THEOREMSRATE OF CONVERGENCECONVERGENCE OF MOMENTS

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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 1972 , pp. 185 - 191
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1972 

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