Table 1 Different forms of the partitioned insertion rate function S ^rθ(c, p, p, m, α) : c , p and q stand for positive constants

S ^rθ(c, 0, 0, b/a, 0)

c-uniform

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\frac{\mathit{b}}{\mathit{a}},0\right)=\mathit{c},{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\frac{\mathit{b}}{\mathit{a}},0\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\frac{\mathit{b}}{\mathit{a}},0\right)=0$

A22

S ^rθ(0, c, c, m, π)

pq-uniform

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)={\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=\mathit{c}$

A24

S ^rθ(c, c, c, m, α)

cpq-uniform

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)={\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)={\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=\mathit{c}$

A26

S ^rθ(c, p, q, m, α)

cpq-locally uniform

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=\mathit{c},{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=\mathit{p},{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=\mathit{q}$

A28

S ^rθ(0, p, q, m, π)

pq-locally uniform

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=\mathit{p},{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=\mathit{q}$

A30

S ^rθ(0, 0, q, m, π)

q-plaque form

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=\mathit{q}$

A32

S ^rθ(0, p, 0, m, π)

p-peripherial

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=\mathit{p},{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\pi }\right)=0$

A34

S ^rθ(0, p, 0, m, α)

p-polarized

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=\mathit{p},{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=0$

A36

S ^rθ(0, p, q, m, α)

pq-polarized

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=\mathit{p},{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=\mathit{q}$

A38

S ^rθ(0, 0, q, m, α)

q-polarized

${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{c}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{p}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=0,{\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{q}}^{\mathit{r\theta }}\left(\mathit{m},\mathit{\alpha }\right)=\mathit{q}$

A40