This paper reports on the minimization of the average waiting time of the customers in the M/G/1 queue with vacation. Explicit formula for the unknown service parameter of a particular customer has been obtained by considering the exhaustive service discipline in the case of multi-user with unlimited service system. Moreover, results in case of partially gated and gated service disciplines unde...

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A nyone searching the scientific literature anywhere other than in a large university library soon realizes that most recent publications are available online, but at a price. Many publishers charge between $15 and $30 per article. This rapidly brings the cost of a literature search to several hundred dollars. These costs are borne mainly by researchers without university affiliations, particul...

This paper will discuss and provide detailed descriptions of unique configurations of small articulated unmanned systems and describe the design of several approaches resulting in substantial increases in autonomous/semi-autonomous mobility and resultant survivability. The greater mobility results from unique chassis configurations which do not require the space claim for human operators. Each ...

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