Analysis of queues : methods and applications /: methods and applications. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Natarajan Gautam.
• Other Names: Gautam, Natarajan
• Contents: Introduction; Analysis of Queues: Where, What, and How?; Systems Analysis: Key Results; Queueing Fundamentals and Notations; Psychology in Queueing; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; Exponential Interarrival and Service Times: Closed-Form Expressions; Solving Balance Equations via Arc Cuts; Solving Balance Equations Using Generating Functions; Solving Balance Equations Using Reversibility; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; Exponential Interarrival and Service Times: Numerical Techniques and Approximations; Multidimensional Birth and Death Chains; Multidimensional Markov Chains; Finite-State Markov Chains; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; General Interarrival and/or Service Times: Closed-Form Expressions and Approximations; Analyzing Queues Using Discrete Time Markov Chains; Mean Value Analysis; Bounds and Approximations for General Queues; Matrix Geometric Methods for G/G/s Queues; Other General Queues but with Exact Results; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; Multiclass Queues under Various Service Disciplines; Introduction; Evaluating Policies for Classification Based on Types: Priorities; Evaluating Policies for Classification Based on Location: Polling Models; Evaluating Policies for Classification Based on Knowledge of Service Times; Optimal Service-Scheduling Policies; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; Exact Results in Network of Queues: Product Form; Acyclic Queueing Networks with Poisson Flows; Open Jackson Networks; Closed Jackson Networks; Other Product-Form Networks; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; Approximations for General Queueing Networks; Single-Server and Single-Class General Queueing Networks; Multiclass and Multiserver Open Queueing Networks with FCFS; Multiclass and Single-Server Open Queueing Networks with Priorities; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; Fluid Models for Stability, Approximations, and Analysis of Time-Varying Queues; Deterministic Fluid Queues: An Introduction; Fluid Models for Stability Analysis of Queueing Networks; Diffusion Approximations for Performance Analysis; Fluid Models for Queues with Time-Varying Parameters; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; Stochastic Fluid-Flow Queues: Characteristics and Exact Analysis; Introduction; Single Buffer with Markov Modulated Fluid Source; First Passage Times; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; Stochastic Fluid-Flow Queues: Bounds and Tail Asymptotics; Introduction and Preliminaries; Performance Analysis of a Single Queue; Multiclass Fluid Queues; Reference Notes; Exercises; ; Appendix A: Random Variables; Appendix B: Stochastic Processes; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 778 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 519.82; Queuing theory; Queuing theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439806593; 1439806594
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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