Advances in Applied Probability, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Mar., 2004), pp. 293-317 (25 pages) We consider a processing system, composed of several parallel queues and a processor, which operates in a ...

Retrial queueing systems represent a specialised branch of queueing theory where customers, upon encountering a busy server, do not simply abandon the process but instead join an external queue or ...

Queueing theory and systems analysis serve as fundamental frameworks for modelling and understanding the dynamics of waiting lines, providing essential insights into the performance of a variety of ...

You've probably already noticed the difference between the way people line up at McDonald's and the way they line up at Starbucks. At McDonald's, a single employee handles your entire order. Even if ...

Dubai's expatriates are not sleeping very well these days but they have certainly refined the art of queueing. The worldwide credit crunch has them worried about securing their fiscal futures and that ...