Overview
- Includes complete coverage of discrete-time queues from theory to application
- Presents how most queueing models in discrete-time can be set up as discrete-time Markov chains
- Introduces single node systems, tandem system and queueing networks
- Includes examples and exercises throughout the book
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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This book introduces the theoretical fundamentals for modeling queues in discrete-time, and the basic procedures for developing queuing models in discrete-time. There is a focus on applications in modern telecommunication systems.
It presents how most queueing models in discrete-time can be set up as discrete-time Markov chains. Techniques such as matrix-analytic methods (MAM) that can used to analyze the resulting Markov chains are included. This book covers single node systems, tandem system and queueing networks. It shows how queues with time-varying parameters can be analyzed, and illustrates numerical issues associated with computations for the discrete-time queueing systems. Optimal control of queues is also covered.
Applied Discrete-Time Queues targets researchers, advanced-level students and analysts in the field of telecommunication networks. It is suitable as a reference book and can also be used as a secondary text book in computer engineering and computer science. Examples and exercises are included.
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Keywords
- matrix-analytic methods
- queues with time-varying parameters
- telecommunication applications
- discrete-time queues
- discrete-time Markov chains
- phase type distributions
- probability generating function
- queue lengths
- waiting time
- busy period
- optimization of queueing systems
- single node queues
- tandem node queues
- network of queueing nodes
- numerical solution of queues
Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Applied Discrete-Time Queues
Authors: Attahiru S. Alfa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3420-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3418-8Published: 26 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8045-1Published: 30 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-3420-1Published: 26 December 2015
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXI, 383
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations
Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Computer Communication Networks, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering