Models are developed to describe delays and backlogs at remote terminals polled in turn by a single computer. The effects modeled include transmission delays caused by line noise, and the number and types of terminals (passive input, and active or two-way response). Use is made of the diffusion approximation to state variables, the latter being especially relevant when the system is heavily loaded. A limited amount of mathematical and stimulationgenerated evidence attests to the adequacy of this approximation.
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Donald P. Gaver (1971) studied this question.
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