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.

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Meanings

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

Origin

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

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