Kendall's notation

English

Alternative forms

• Kendall notation

Etymology

After David George Kendall, British statistician and mathematician

Proper noun

Kendall's notation

1. A notation used to characterize queueing systems.
   1. Originally, "A/S/c", with "A" the arrival process, "S" the distribution of service time required, and "c" the number of servers.
   2. Extended, "A/S/c/K/N/D", the above, plus "K" the number of places in the queue, "N" the size of the population, and "D" the service discipline.