Queueing and risk models with dependencies

Abstract

This paper analyzes various stochastic recursions that arise in queueing and insurance risk models with a ‘semi-linear’ dependence structure. For example, an interarrival time depends on the workload, or the capital, immediately after the previous arrival; or the service time of a customer depends on her waiting time. In each case, we derive and solve a fixed-point equation for the Laplace–Stieltjes transform of a key performance measure of the model, like waiting time or ruin time.