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Pollaczek-Khinchine formula

Pollaczek-Khinchine formula proper noun: a formula that states a relationship between the queue length and service time distribution Laplace transforms for an M/G/1 queue.

Proper noun

the Pollaczek-Khinchine formula

  1. (queueing theory) A formula that states a relationship between the queue length and service time distribution Laplace transforms for an M/G/1 queue.

Origin of Pollaczek-Khinchine formula

First published by Felix Pollaczek in 1930, and recast in probabilistic terms by Aleksandr Khinchin two years later.

Questions about Pollaczek-Khinchine formula

What does Pollaczek-Khinchine formula mean?
Pollaczek-Khinchine formula means a formula that states a relationship between the queue length and service time distribution Laplace transforms for an M/G/1 queue.
What part of speech is Pollaczek-Khinchine formula?
Pollaczek-Khinchine formula is a proper noun.

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