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Foster’s criteria are used to obtain necessary and sufficient conditions ensuring the recurrence and ergodicity of an embedded Markov chain for a GI / PH / 1 queuing system.
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Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 3, pp. 148–156, May–June 2006.
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Baum, D., Breuer, L. Applying foster’s criteria to a GI / PH /1 queuing system. Cybern Syst Anal 42, 433–439 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10559-006-0081-8
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