An approximate analysis for a class of assembly-like queues.

Assembly-like queues model assembly operations where separate input processes deliver different types of component (customer) and the service station assemblies (serves) these input requests only when the correct mix of components (customers) is present at the input. In this memo we develop an effective approximate analytical solution for an assembly-like queueing system with N (N>2) classes of customers forming N independent Poisson arrival streams with rates {lambda (i)}(i=1,,...N).