The Convoy Phenomenon.

@article{DBLP:journals/sigops/BlasgenGMP79,
  author    = {Mike W. Blasgen and
               Jim Gray and
               Michael F. Mitoma and
               Thomas G. Price},
  title     = {The Convoy Phenomenon},
  journal   = {Operating Systems Review},
  volume    = {13},
  number    = {2},
  year      = {1979},
  pages     = {20-25},
  ee        = {db/journals/sigops/BlasgenGMP79.html},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

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