M/M/1 queue

M/M/1 queue diagram
An M/M/1 queueing node

In queueing theory, a discipline within the mathematical theory of probability, an M/M/1 queue represents the queue length in a system having a single server, where arrivals are determined by a Poisson process and job service times have an exponential distribution. The model name is written in Kendall's notation. The model is the most elementary of queueing models[1] and an attractive object of study as closed-form expressions can be obtained for many metrics of interest in this model. An extension of this model with more than one server is the M/M/c queue.

  1. ^ Sturgul, John R. (2000). Mine design: examples using simulation. SME. p. vi. ISBN 0-87335-181-9.