Pollaczek-Khinchine formula

English

Etymology

First published by Felix Pollaczek in 1930, and recast in probabilistic terms by Aleksandr Khinchin two years later.

Proper noun

the Pollaczek-Khinchine formula

1. (queueing theory) A formula that states a relationship between the queue length and service time distribution Laplace transforms for an M/G/1 queue.