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Acyclic fork-join queuing networks

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The class of acyclic fork-join queuing networks that arise in various applications, including parallel processing and flexible manufacturing are studied and stability conditions are obtained and upper and lower bounds on the network response times are developed.
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In this paper the class of acyclic fork-join queuing networks that arise in various applications, including parallel processing and flexible manufacturing are studied. In such queuing networks, a fork describes the simultaneous creation of several new customers, which are sent to different queues. The corresponding join occurs when the services of all these new customers are completed. The evolution equations that govern the behavior of such networks are derived. From this, the stability conditions are obtained and upper and lower bounds on the network response times are developed. These bounds are based on various stochastic ordering principles and on the notion of association of random variables.

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Statistical Theory of Reliability and Life Testing: Probability Models

TL;DR: A number of new classes of life distributions arising naturally in reliability models are treated systematically and each provides a realistic probabilistic description of a physical property occurring in the reliability context, thus permitting more realistic modeling of commonly occurring reliability situations.
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The stability of a queue with non-independent inter-arrival and service times

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