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  1. Science Center, Harvard University, 1 Oxford St., 7th floor, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Jose Blanchet

  2. Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht 24, 1018 TV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Michel Mandjes

  3. CWI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Michel Mandjes

  4. Eurandom, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

    Michel Mandjes

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Blanchet, J., Mandjes, M. Editorial: rare-event simulation for queues. Queueing Syst 57, 57–59 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11134-007-9053-6

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