"Kendall's notation" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: After David George Kendall, British statistician and mathematician Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kendall's notation
  1. A notation used to characterize queueing systems.
    Originally, "A/S/c", with "A" the arrival process, "S" the distribution of service time required, and "c" the number of servers.
    Sense id: en-Kendall's_notation-en-name-4Qn5mtRg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. A notation used to characterize queueing systems.
    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.
    Sense id: en-Kendall's_notation-en-name-YQgc79JD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kendall notation 
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