| Article ID: | iaor20023515 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 43 |
| End Page Number: | 50 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Journal: | Journal of Applied Mathematics & Decision Sciences |
| Authors: | Smith David K. |
| Keywords: | spreadsheets |
This paper draws attention to the risk of rounding error in the numerical evaluation of steady-state probabilities for the M/M family of queues. A method for avoiding the risk is presented which is easy to program for calculation in practice.