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A Numerical Method for Evaluating Delay to a Customer in a Time-Inhomogeneous, Single Server Queue with Batch Arrivals

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Using the method of discrete time analysis, a numerical method is developed for evaluating the distribution of the delay encountered by a customer in a time-inhomogeneous, single server queue with batch arrivals.

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  1. School of Transfort & Highways, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

    Attahiru Sule Alfa

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*The Author is on leave from the Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

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Alfa, A. A Numerical Method for Evaluating Delay to a Customer in a Time-Inhomogeneous, Single Server Queue with Batch Arrivals. J Oper Res Soc 30, 665–667 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1979.161

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