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Heavy Loads and Heavy Tails

Probability 2023-04-20 v1

Abstract

The present paper is concerned with the stationary workload of queues with heavy-tailed (regularly varying) characteristics. We adopt a transform perspective to illuminate a close connection between the tail asymptotics and heavy-traffic limit in infinite-variance scenarios. This serves as a tribute to some of the pioneering results of J.W. Cohen in this domain. We specifically demonstrate that reduced-load equivalence properties established for the tail asymptotics of the workload naturally extend to the heavy-traffic limit.

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@article{arxiv.2304.09279,
  title  = {Heavy Loads and Heavy Tails},
  author = {Sem Borst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.09279},
  year   = {2023}
}
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