On the Modification of Rouche's Theorem for the Queueing Theory Problems

Abstract

In analytic queueing theory, Rouche's theorem is frequently used to prove the existence of a certain number of zeros in the domain of regularity of a given function. If the theorem can be applied it leads in a simple way to results concerning the ergodicity condition and the construction of the solution of the functional equation for the generating function of the stationary distribution. Unfortunately, the verification of the conditions needed to apply Rouche's theorem is frequently quite difficult. We prove the theorem which allows to avoid some difficulties arising in applying classical Rouche's theorem to an analysis of queueing models.