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(i) Define an queue. Justifying briefly your answer, specify when this queue has a stationary distribution, and identify that distribution. State and prove Burke's theorem for this queue.
(ii) Let denote a Jackson network of queues, where the entrance and service rates for queue are respectively and , and each customer leaving queue moves to queue with probability after service. We assume for each ; with probability a customer leaving queue departs from the system. State Jackson's theorem for this network. [You are not required to prove it.] Are the processes independent at equilibrium? Justify your answer.
(iii) Let be the process of final departures from queue . Show that, at equilibrium, is independent of . Show that, for each fixed is a Poisson process, and specify its rate.