Mean Values Techniques

Ivo Adan () and Jan Wal ()
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Ivo Adan: Eindhoven University of Technology
Jan Wal: Eindhoven University of Technology

Chapter 13 in Queueing Networks, 2011, pp 561-586 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents the technique to determine mean performance characteristics of queueing models, generally known as mean value analysis (MVA). The term MVA is usually associated with queueing networks (QNs). However, theMVA technique is also very powerful when studying single-station queueing models. The merits of MVA are in its intrinsic simplicity and its intuitively appealing derivation based on probabilistic arguments. The intuition ofMVA can also be used to develop approximations for problems where an exact analysis appears to be intractable.

Keywords: Service Time; Arrival Rate; Queue Length; Sojourn Time; Pasta Property (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6472-4_13

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