AN INTEGRAL INEQUALITY FOR CONVEX-FUNCTIONS, WITH APPLICATION TO TELETRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEMS

Authors
PEARCE CEM PECARIC JE
Citation
Cem. Pearce et Je. Pecaric, AN INTEGRAL INEQUALITY FOR CONVEX-FUNCTIONS, WITH APPLICATION TO TELETRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEMS, Mathematics of operations research, 20(3), 1995, pp. 526-528
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Operatione Research & Management Science",Mathematics,"Operatione Research & Management Science",Mathematics
Journal title
Mathematics of operations research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0364765X
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
526 - 528
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-765X(1995)20:3<526:AIIFCW>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
An integral inequality for convex functions is deduced from Jensen's i nequality. This gives as a special case a commonly-used inequality in the analysis of call congestion in queueing theory which has previousl y been derived only by rather longer ad hoc procedures.