On the Existence of Moments for the Busy Period in a Single-Server Queue

S. Foss, A. Sapozhnikov

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Abstract

We obtain sufficient conditions for the finiteness of the moments of the single-server queue busy period in discrete and continuous time. In the cases of power and exponential moments, the conditions found coincide with the known necessary ones.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)592-601
Number of pages10
JournalMathematics of Operations Research
Volume29
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2004

Keywords

  • Busy period
  • First passage time
  • Moments
  • Random walk
  • Single-server queue

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