Title :
A characterization of independence for competing Markov chains with applications to stochastic Petri nets
Author :
Boucherie, Richard J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Econ., Amsterdam Univ., Netherlands
fDate :
7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper shows that some of the recently obtained product form results for stochastic Petri nets can be obtained as a special case of a simple exclusion mechanism for the product process of a collection of Markov chains
Keywords :
Markov processes; Petri nets; competing Markov chains; independence; resource sharing; simple exclusion mechanism; stochastic Petri nets; Equations; Fellows; Fires; Petri nets; Resource management; Routing; Stochastic processes; Sufficient conditions; Traffic control;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
