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On Sharp Bounds on the Rate of Convergence for Finite Continuous-Time Markovian Queueing Models

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Finite inhomogeneous continuous-time Markov chains are studied. For a wide class of such processes an approach is proposed for obtaining sharp bounds on the rate of convergence to the limiting characteristics. Queueing examples are considered.

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The work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation (the Agreement number 02.a03.21.0008 of 24 June 2016), by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, projects no. 15-01-01698, 15-07-05316.

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Zeifman, A. et al. (2018). On Sharp Bounds on the Rate of Convergence for Finite Continuous-Time Markovian Queueing Models. In: Moreno-Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2017. EUROCAST 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10672. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74727-9_3

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