Counterintuitive optimal buffer capacity allocation patterns appeared in a 1988 paper by J. M. Smith and S. Daskalaki. This comment explains those patterns with examples and a simple diagram. Intuition gained from this explanation should be of use for researchers and practitioners alike.
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McClain et al. (1991) studied this question.
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