ABSTRACT

This chapter formulates the measurement of the risk of extreme latencies for various classes of entities in priority systems. To facilitate comparison between configurations, the incremental changes in the risks of the classes with respect to the tolerance level can be measured. To facilitate comparison between configurations, the incremental changes in the risks of the classes with respect to the tolerance level can be measured. Particularly important is the case when the risk of extremes of latencies for a class of entities is greater than the tolerance level. Such a case is described as unacceptable and is important in evaluating a Priority System (PS) configuration. The degree of deficit between the measured risk and the tolerance level can be used to further gauge among the effectiveness of PS configurations in addressing the risk of extremes of latencies.