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Analysis of queueing networks with blocking using a new aggregation technique

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Queueing networks with repetitive-service blocking are investigated. The state probabilities are calculated by applying a new aggregation technique, the disaggregation-aggregation (DA) iteration. Thus, one obtains close approximate solutions with product form.

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Christoph Strelen, J., Bärk, B., Becker, J. et al. Analysis of queueing networks with blocking using a new aggregation technique. Annals of Operations Research 79, 121–142 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018914503645

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