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On a new characterization of the exponential distribution related to a queueing system with an unreliable server

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

B. Dimitrov  and
Z. Khalil
B. Dimitrov*
Affiliation:
University of Sofia
Z. Khalil*
Affiliation:
Concordia University
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
∗∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Loyola Campus, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, PQ, Canada H4B 1R6.
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Abstract

In this paper we derive a new property of the exponential distribution, closely related to a single-server queueing system with unreliable server. We show that this new property is another characterization of the exponential law.

Keywords

CHARACTERIZATION THEOREMBLOCKING TIMESFAILURE TIMESLAPLACE-STIELTJES TRANSFORM

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Type
Short Communications
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 221 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1990 

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Footnotes

Research supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Grant A9095.

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