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Another martingale bound on the waiting-time distribution in GI/G/1 queues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Harry H. Tan
Harry H. Tan*
Affiliation:
Princeton University
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∗ Postal address: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Quadrangle, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08540, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A new upper bound on the stationary waiting-time distribution of a GI/G/1 queue is derived following Kingman's martingale approach. This bound is generally stronger than Kingman's upper bound and is sometimes stronger than an upper bound derived by Ross.

Keywords

GI/G/1 QUEUESUPERMARTINGALEWAITING-TIME DISTRIBUTION

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Short Communications
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 454 - 457
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1979 

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Footnotes

Research supported by the U. S. National Science Foundation under grants GK-42080 and ENG 76–21827.

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