| Article ID: | iaor19972166 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 73 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 103 |
| End Page Number: | 113 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1994 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Worthington David, Meja-Tllez Juan |
| Keywords: | M/G/1 queues |
Bulk service queueing systems of a transportation type are considered. Practical algorithms based on the imbedded Markov chain and discrete time approaches are presented and a ‘scaling approximation’ is proposed for high capacity systems. Empirical results suggest that these methods will be sufficiently accurate for practical purposes, and can be implemented simply on a PC.