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An extension of Erlang's loss formula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Ronald W. Wolff  and
Charles W. Wrightson
Ronald W. Wolff
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Charles W. Wrightson
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
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Abstract

A two-server loss system is considered with N classes of Poisson arrivals, where the service distribution function and server preferences are arrival-class dependent. The stationary state probabilities are derived and found to be independent of the form of the service distributions.

Keywords

ERLANG'S FORMULASSTATE PROBABILITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL SERVERS

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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 1976 , pp. 628 - 632
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1976 

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