Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis
Volume 11 (1998), Issue 2, Pages 163-178
doi:10.1155/S1048953398000124
    
    
    The stationary G/G/s queue with non-identical servers
    
    France Telecom, CNET, 4 Parc de la Bérengère, Saint-Cloud F-92210, France
    
    
    
    Received 1 February 1998; Revised 1 April 1998
    	
    
       
    Copyright © 1998 Pierre Le Gall. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
     
    
    
   
 
Abstract
We extend a recently developed factorization method to the case of the 
G/G/s queue with non-identical servers, by presenting three simple properties which lead to a simple numerical calculation method. We compare 
our results with those determined by classical Markovian (phase) methods 
in the case of the symmetrical M/G/s queue, and for the mean queueing 
delay we compare with results given by traffic simulation.