Preprint #96-22



Tandem Queues with Blocking and Deterministic Service Times

by

Masataka Tsuyama and H.T. David


Abstract

This paper presents structural expressions for the queue waiting time and inter-station blocking times for tandem queues with blocking and deterministic service times. These expressions are validated by induction. Limiting distributions of these quantities are given for the case of two stages and Poisson arrivals, using the queue waiting time distribution for the M/D/1 queue.


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