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This article explores the link between the concepts of stochastic intensity and Palm probability and gives a new proof and useful extensions to the so-called PASTA property of queueing theory.
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Brémaud, P. Characteristics of queueing systems observed at events and the connection between stochastic intensity and palm probability. Queueing Syst 5, 99–111 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01149188
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