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In [[queueing theory]], a discipline within the mathematical [[probability theory|theory of probability]] '''Jackson's theorem''' is a theorem by [[James R. Jackson]].<ref name="jackson">{{cite journal|title=Jobshop-like Queueing Systems|first=James R.|last=Jackson|journal=[[Management Science: A Journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences|Management Science]]|volume=10|number=1|month=Oct.|year=1963|pages=131–142|doi=10.1287/mnsc.1040.0268|jstor=2627213}}</ref> It was the first significant development in the theory of [[queueing theory|networks of queues]], and generalising and applying the ideas of the theorem to search for similar [[product form solution]]s in other networks has been the subject of much research,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Networks of Queues|authorlink=F. P. Kelly|first=F. P.|last=Kelly|journal=Advances in Applied Probability|volume=8|number=2|month=Jun.|year=1976|pages=416–432|jstor=1425912}}</ref> including ideas used in the development of the Internet.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Comments on "Jobshop-Like Queueing Systems": The Background|first=James R.|last=Jackson|journal=|[[Management Science: A Journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences|Management Science]]|volume=50|number=12|month=December|year=2004|pages=1796–1802|jstor=30046150}}</ref> The paper was re-printed in the journal [[Management Science: A Journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences|Management Science]]’s ‘Ten Most Influential Titles of Management Sciences First Fifty Years.’<ref>{{cite journal|title=Jobshop-Like Queueing Systems|first=James R.|last=Jackson|journal=|[[Management Science: A Journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences|Management Science]]|volume=50|number=12|month=December|year=2004|pages=1796–1802|jstor=30046149}}</ref>
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