Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleSHARP BOUNDS AND SIMPLE APPROXIMATIONS FOR THE ERLANG DELAY AND LOSS FORMULAS.AuthorsHarel, ArieAbstractSome sharp bounds and simple approximations are obtained for the Erlang delay formula and for the Erlang loss formula. One of the results is then used to get a simple analytical solution for the Server Allocation Problem.SubjectsINDUSTRIAL efficiency; QUEUING theory; BULK queues; APPROXIMATION theory; MATHEMATICAL optimization; MATHEMATICAL inequalities; COMPUTER network architectures; FUNCTIONAL analysis; COMPUTATIONAL complexityPublicationManagement Science, 1988, Vol 34, Issue 8, p959ISSN0025-1909Publication typeArticleDOI10.1287/mnsc.34.8.959