Glossary
- Balking
The case in which arriving customers refuse to join the waiting line.
- Calling Population
The population of items from which arrivals at the queuing system come.
- FIFO
A queue discipline (meaning first-in, first-out) in which the customers are served in strict order of arrival.
- Kendall Notation
A method of classifying queuing systems based on the distribution of arrivals, the distribution of service times, and the number of service channels.
- Limited, or Finite, Population
A case in which the number of customers in the system is a significant proportion of the calling population.
- Limited Queue Length
A waiting line that cannot increase beyond a specific size.
- Little’s Flow Equations
A set of relationships that exist for any queuing ...
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