TY - JOUR AU - Gómez-Corral, Antonio PY - 2002 DO - 10.1016/S0167-6377(02)00155-4 SN - 0167-6377 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/57365 T2 - Operations Research Letters AB - Our interest is in the study of the MAP/PH/1/1 --> (.)/PH/1/K + 1 queue with blocking and repeated attempts. The main feature of its infinitesimal generator is the spatial heterogeneity caused by the transitions due to successful repeated attempts. We... LA - eng M2 - 360 PB - Elsevier KW - Blocking KW - Markovian arrival process KW - Matrix-geometric solution KW - Phase type distribution KW - Quasi-birth-and-death process KW - Queue with repeated attempts KW - Tandem queue TI - A matrix-geometric approximation for tandem queues with blocking and repeated attempts TY - journal article VL - 30 ER -