@article { author = {Boualem, Mohamed and Djellab, Natalia and Aïssani, Djamil}, title = {Stochastic bounds for a single server queue with general retrial times}, journal = {Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society}, volume = {40}, number = {1}, pages = {183-198}, year = {2014}, publisher = {Iranian Mathematical Society (IMS)}, issn = {1017-060X}, eissn = {1735-8515}, doi = {}, abstract = {We propose to use a mathematical method based on stochastic comparisons of Markov chains in order to derive performance indice bounds‎. ‎The main goal of this paper is to investigate various monotonicity properties of a single server retrial queue with first-come-first-served (FCFS) orbit and general retrial times using the stochastic ordering techniques‎.}, keywords = {Retrial queues,Markov chain,stochastic bounds,Monotonicity,ageing distributions}, url = {http://bims.iranjournals.ir/article_489.html}, eprint = {http://bims.iranjournals.ir/article_489_d8f721e663cfe851a582b1a8bde9e06e.pdf} }