Taaffe Michael R.

Michael R. Taaffe

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Found 9 papers in total
The Pht/Pht/∞ queueing system: Part I – The single node
2004
We develop a numerically exact method for evaluating the time-dependent mean,...
The [Pht/Pht/∞]K queueing system: Part II – The multiclass network
2004
We demonstrate a numerically exact method for evaluating the time-dependent mean,...
Biased control-variate estimation
2001
We study Biased Control Variates (BCVs), whose purpose is to improve the efficiency of...
Approximation-assisted point estimation
1997
We investigate three alternatives for combining a deterministic approximation with a...
Time-dependent queueing network approximations as simulation external control variates
1994
A strategy for efficient evaluation of a complex stochastic model’s performance...
Matching moments to phase distributions: Nonlinear programming approaches
1990
The authors present a nonlinear programming (NLP) approach to the problem of matching...
Matching moments of phase distributions: Mixtures of Erlang distributions of common order
1989
One approach to the moment-matching problem for phase distributions to restrict...
Approximating nonstationary two-priority non-preemptive queueing systems
1988
An approximation for analyzing transient and nonstationary two-priority non-preemptive...
Approximating nonstationary Ph(t)/Ph(t)/1/c queueing systems
1988
A state space partitioning and surrogate distribution approximation (SDA) approach for...
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