Kendall's notation

The Kendalls notation allows the standardized description of a waiting system. It was developed by David George Kendall and has become widely accepted as a standard. The characteristic sizes of the waiting system in a defined sequence of letters and digits are classified.

Or simplified if for the remaining parameters default values ​​(see below) will be accepted.

• = Exponential ( Markovian distribution)
• = Constant ( deterministic distribution),
• Hyperexponentialverteilung = ( linear combination of two or more exponential distributions ),
• = Erlang distribution,
• = Phase distribution
• Any distribution or = (General (Independent ) Distribution)

• FIFO (First In - First Out ) or FCFS (First- Come First -Served )
• LIFO ( Last In - First Out ) or LCFS ( Last- Come First -Serve )
• SJN ( Shortest - Job -Next ) or SPT ( Shortest Processing Time)
• RANDOM ( Random ) or SIRO ( Serve In Random Order)

Examples

• , in detail

• Stochastics