I. The single server queue GIIG/1 1 1. 1 Definitions 1 1. 2 Regenerative processes 2 1. 3 The sequence n 1,2, . . . 4 = !::!n' 1. 4 The process t dO,co)} 11 {~t' The process t dO,co)} 1. 5 15 {~t' Applications to the GIIG/1 queue 1. 6 16 The average virtual waiting time during a busy 17 cycle ii. Little's formula 17 iii. The relation between the stationary distributions 18 of the virtual and actual waiting time iv. The relation between the distribution of the idle 20 period and the stationary distribution of the actual waiting time v. The limiting distribution of the residual service 24 time £. , -pw vi. The relation for ~ rn E{e -n} 25 n=O 1. 7 Some notes on chapter I 27 II. The M/G/K system 31 2. 1 On the stationary distribution of the actual and virtua131 waiting time for the M/G/K queueing system 2. 2 The M/G/K loss system 36 2. 3 Proof of Erlang's formula for the M/G/K loss system 43 i. Proof for the system MIMI'" 45 ii. Proof for the system M/G/co 47 VI iii. Proof fol' the MIG IK los s system III. The M/G/1 system 3. 1 Introduction 71 (K) 3. 2 Downcrossings of the ~t -process 74 3. 3 The distribution of the supremum of the virtual waiting 75 • (00) d' b 1 tlme ~t urlng a usy cyc e i. The exit probability 76 ii.

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 second volume includes eight chapters written by experts wellknown in their areas. The book conducts a stability analysis of certain types of multiserver regenerative queueing systems; a transient evaluation of Markovian queueing systems, focusing on closed-form distributions and numerical techniques; analysis of queueing models in service sectors using analytical and simulation approaches; plus an investigation of probability distributions in queueing models and their use in economics, industry, demography and environmental studies. This book also considers techniques for the control of information in queueing systems and their impact on strategic customer behavior, social welfare and the revenue of monopolists. In addition, applications of maximum entropy methods of inference for the analysis of a stable M/G/1 queue with heavy tails, and inventory models with positive service time - including perishable items and stock supplied using various algorithmic control policies ((s; S); (r;Q), etc.).

The series is devoted to the publication of high-level monographs and surveys which cover the whole spectrum of probability and statistics. The books of the series are addressed to both experts and advanced students.

An integrated and up-to-date treatment of applied stochastic processes and queueing theory, with an emphasis on time-averages and long-run behavior. Theory demonstrates practical effects, such as priorities, pooling of queues, and bottlenecks. Appropriate for senior/graduate courses in queueing theory in Operations Research, Computer Science, Statistics, or Industrial Engineering departments. (vs. Ross, Karlin, Kleinrock, Heyman)

Regenerative processes are a popular subject in pure and applied probability, as well as in engineering (particularly simulation). This book provides important insight into new methods for investigating regenerative processes. Quantitative estimates play the key role in the book, and all developed methods support possibilities for obtaining such estimates, including probability metrics, test functions, crossing, and coupling. These methods are applied to a variety of problems, such as Markov chains, simulation, queueing systems, storage, and reliability. The book illustrates a unique application of the theory of probability metrics for examining regenerative processes, and it elaborates on the criteria required for uniform-in-time stability of wide sense regenerative processes. New accurate bounds of distribution functions of first occurrence times for regenerative models are also presented.

Sample-Path Analysis of Queueing Systems uses a deterministic (sample-path) approach to analyze stochastic systems, primarily queueing systems and more general input-output systems. Among other topics of interest it deals with establishing fundamental relations between asymptotic frequencies and averages, pathwise stability, and insensitivity. These results are utilized to establish useful performance measures. The intuitive deterministic approach of this book will give researchers, teachers, practitioners, and students better insights into many results in queueing theory. The simplicity and intuitive appeal of the arguments will make these results more accessible, with no sacrifice of mathematical rigor. Recent topics such as pathwise stability are also covered in this context. The book consistently takes the point of view of focusing on one sample path of a stochastic process. Hence, it is devoted to providing pure sample-path arguments. With this approach it is possible to separate the issue of the validity of a relationship from issues of existence of limits and/or construction of stationary framework. Generally, in many cases of interest in queueing theory, relations hold, assuming limits exist, and the proofs are elementary and intuitive. In other cases, proofs of the existence of limits will require the heavy machinery of stochastic processes. The authors feel that sample-path analysis can be best used to provide general results that are independent of stochastic assumptions, complemented by use of probabilistic arguments to carry out a more detailed analysis. This book focuses on the first part of the picture. It does however, provide numerous examples that invoke stochastic assumptions, which typically are presented at the ends of the chapters.

The material of this book is based on several courses which have been delivered for a long time at the Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology. Some parts have formed the subject of lectures given at various universities throughout the world: Freie Universitat of Berlin, Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Goteborg, University of California at Santa Barbara and others. The subject of the book is the theory of queues. This theory, as a mathematical discipline, begins with the work of A. Erlang, who examined a model of a telephone station and obtained the famous formula for the distribution of the number of busy lines which is named after him. Queueing theory has been applied to the study of numerous models: emergency aid, road traffic, computer systems, etc. Besides, it has lead to several related disciplines such as reliability and inventory theories which deal with similar models. Nevertheless, many parts of the theory of queues were developed as a "pure science" with no practical applications. The aim of this book is to give the reader an insight into the mathematical methods which can be used in queueing theory and to present examples of solving problems with the help of these methods. Of course, the choice of the methods is quite subjective. Thus, many prominent results have not even been mentioned.