TY - JOUR AU - N. Jaiwal AU - H. Jain PY - 2014/05/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A priority problem in queuing theory JF - Defence Science Journal JA - DSJ VL - 9 IS - 2 SE - Research Papers DO - 10.14429/dsj.9.7620 UR - https://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/dsj/article/view/7620 AB - A new type of priority is defined in which the priority unit has a right of interrupting the service of a nonpriority unit but only after the completion of the particular phase in progress, it being assumed that a unit demands a particular number of phases according to some probability distribution. The effect of such priority has been investigated. A particular case of this sort of priority corresponds to the head-of-line priority assignment discussed by Cobham. ER -