| Article ID: | iaor19911712 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 11 |
| Start Page Number: | 1049 |
| End Page Number: | 1052 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1990 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Silver E.A., Robb D.J. |
| Keywords: | statistics: distributions, stochastic processes |
The authors consider a task being performed in an environment in which the work-rate (or efficiency of the processor) varies with time in a deterministic manner. Given the probability density function (p.d.f.) of the total work-content of the task (i.e. processing time at 100% efficiency), they develop a closed-form expression for the p.d.f. of the task-processing time. Numerical examples are given.