This classic work, now available in paperback, concentrates on the basic models of queueing theory. It has a dual aim: to describe relevant mathematical techniques and to analyse the single server queue and its most important variants.

This classic work, now available in paperback, concentrates on the basic models of queueing theory. It has a dual aim: to describe relevant mathematical techniques and to analyse the single server queue and its most important variants.

A comprehensive guide to the concepts and applications of queuing theory and traffic theory Network Traffic Engineering: Models and Applications provides an advanced level queuing theory guide for students with a strong mathematical background who are interested in analytic modeling and performance assessment of communication networks. The text begins with the basics of queueing theory before moving on to more advanced levels. The topics covered in the book are derived from the most cutting-edge research, project development, teaching activity, and discussions on the subject. They include applications of queuing and traffic theory in: LTE networks Wi-Fi networks Ad-hoc networks Automated vehicles Congestion control on the Internet The distinguished author seeks to show how insight into practical and real-world problems can be gained by means of quantitative modeling. Perfect for graduate students of computer engineering, computer science, telecommunication engineering, and electrical engineering, Network Traffic Engineering offers a supremely practical approach to a rapidly developing field of study and industry.

Based on the careful analysis of several hundred publications, this book uniformly describes basic methods of analysis and critical results of the theory of retrial queues. Chapters discuss: analysis of single-server retrial queues, including stationary and transient distribution of the number in the system, busy period, waiting time process, limit theorems, stochastic inequalities, traffic measurement multiserver retrial queues - ergodicity, explicit formulas, algorithmic solutions, limit theorems, approximations advanced single-server and multiserver retrial queues - models with priority subscribers, non-ersistent subscribers, finite source queues Lecturers, researchers, and students in probability, statistics, operations research, telecommunications, and computer systems modeling analysis will find Retrial Queues to be an invaluable resource.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Queueing Theory and Network Applications, QTNA 2019, held in Ghent, Belgium, in August 2019.The 23 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 initial submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Retrial Queues; Controllable Queues; Strategic Queues; Queueing Networks; Scheduling Policies; Multidimensional Systems; and Queueing Models in Applications.

The aim of this book is to reflect the current cutting-edge thinking and established practices in the investigation of queueing systems and networks. This first volume includes ten chapters written by experts well-known in their areas. The book studies the analysis of queues with interdependent arrival and service times, characteristics of fluid queues, modifications of retrial queueing systems and finite-source retrial queues with random breakdowns, repairs and customers’ collisions. Some recent tendencies in the asymptotic analysis include the average and diffusion approximation of Markov queueing systems and networks, the diffusion and Gaussian limits of multi-channel queueing networks with rather general input flow, and the analysis of two-time-scale nonhomogenous Markov chains using the large deviations principle. The book also analyzes transient behavior of infinite-server queueing models with a mixed arrival process, the strong stability of queueing systems and networks, and applications of fast simulation methods for solving high-dimension combinatorial problems.

This book covers ideas, methods, algorithms, and tools for the in-depth study of the performance and reliability of dependable fault-tolerant systems. The chapters identify the current challenges that designers and practitioners must confront to ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of systems, with special focus on their dynamic behaviors and dependencies. Topics include network calculus, workload and scheduling; simulation, sensitivity analysis and applications; queuing networks analysis; clouds, federations and big data; and tools. This collection of recent research exposes system researchers, performance analysts, and practitioners to a spectrum of issues so that they can address these challenges in their work.