On the maximum queue length in the supermarket model

There are $n$ queues, each with a single server. Customers arrive in a Poisson process at rate $\lambda n$, where $0<\lambda<1$. Upon arrival each customer selects $d\geq2$ servers uniformly at random, and joins the queue at a least-loaded server among those chosen. Service times are i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luczak, M, McDiarmid, C
Format: Journal article
Published: 2006