Capacity of Queuing Networks

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.15.3.530

The equivalence of two concepts of the capacity is developed. Capacity is the limiting load ratio (arrival rate measured in service rate units) for stable behavior. It is also defined as the expected output rate of the system operated under a saturation load. Additional information is obtained about the behavior of a specific example previously considered by the author.

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