Analysis of queues : methods and applications /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gautam, Natarajan
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, [2012]
Series:	Operations research series.
Subjects:	Queuing theory. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Operations Research. MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / Bayesian Analysis. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Author
List of case studies
List of paradoxes
Introduction
Exponential interarrival and service times : closed-form expressions
Exponential interarrival and service times : numerical techniques and approximations
General interarrival and/or service times : closed-form expressions and approximations
Multiclass queues under various service disciplines
Exact results in network of queues : product form
Approximations for general queuing networks
Fluid models for stability, approximations, and analysis of time-varying queues
Stochastic fluid-flow queues : characteristics and exact analysis
Stochastic fluid-flow queues : bounds and tails asymptotics
Appendix A : random variables
Appendix B : stochastic processes
References
Index.