TY - JOUR ID - 489 TI - Stochastic bounds for a single server queue with general retrial times JO - Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society JA - BIMS LA - en SN - 1017-060X AU - Boualem, Mohamed AU - Djellab, Natalia AU - Aïssani, Djamil AD - University of Bejaia AD - University of Annaba AD - University of béjaia Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 40 IS - 1 SP - 183 EP - 198 KW - Retrial queues KW - Markov chain KW - stochastic bounds KW - Monotonicity KW - ageing distributions DO - N2 - 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. UR - http://bims.iranjournals.ir/article_489.html L1 - http://bims.iranjournals.ir/article_489_d8f721e663cfe851a582b1a8bde9e06e.pdf ER -