Non-stationary infinite server models and their relatives
By: by D. P. Gaver and J. P. Lehoczky
Contributors: Lehoczky, John P.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Probabilities; Diffusion processes; Poisson processes; Queuing theory
Description: A backward equation technique is used to derive properties of a Time-dependent infinite server system subject to compound Poisson demand. The method is used to suggest a model leading to Zipf's law.
Notes: Title from cover.

"NPS55-78-026"--Cover.

"October 1978"--Cover.

Research partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant Number MCB-77-07587 at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 20).

"Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1978.

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