Abstract
Under weak conditions the average virtual waiting time converges exponentially fast to its limit. For this reason this quantity has been suggested as a measure of performance for queueing systems.
We consider theM/G/1 queue and provide estimation and limiting behaviour of the index of exponential decay.
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Teugels, J.L. The average virtual waiting time as a measure of performance. Queueing Syst 6, 327–333 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02411481
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