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On the remaining service time upon reaching a given level in M/G/1 queues

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Abstract

The ability of effectively finding the distribution of the remaining service time upon reaching a target level in M/G/1 queueing systems is of great practical importance. Among other things, it is necessary for the estimation of the Quality-of-Service (QoS) provided by Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks. The previous papers on this subject did not give a comprehensive solution to the problem. In this paper an explicit formula for this distribution is given. This formula is general as it includes any initial level of the length of the queue, any type of service distribution (heavy tails) and any traffic intensity ρ. Moreover, it is easy to use and fast in computation. To show this several numerical examples are presented. In addition, a solution of the similar problem in G/M/1 queues (which is the distribution of the remaining interarrival time) is given.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-80
Number of pages10
JournalQueueing Systems
Volume47
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2004

Keywords

  • M/G/1 queue
  • Remaining interarrival time
  • Remaining service time

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

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