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Introduction to Queueing Systems with Telecommunication Applications

  • Examples from modern communication system
  • Accurately established mathematical background (part 1), with intuitive explanations for queueing applications (part 2 Guidelines for application of queueing theory in practice.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction to Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Introduction to probability theory and stochastic processes

    1. Introduction to Probability Theory

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 3-53
    2. Introduction to Stochastic Processes

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 55-76
    3. Markov Chains

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 77-121
    4. Renewal and Regenerative Processes

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 123-163
    5. Markov Chains with Special Structures

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 165-188
  4. Queueing Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
  5. Queueing systems

    1. Introduction to Queueing Systems

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 191-197
    2. Markovian Queueing Systems

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 199-224
    3. Non-Markovian Queueing Systems

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 225-265
    4. Queueing Systems with Structured Markov Chains

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 267-280
    5. Queueing Networks

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 281-301
    6. Applied Queueing Systems

      • László Lakatos, László Szeidl, Miklós Telek
      Pages 303-367
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 369-385

About this book

The book is composed of two main parts: mathematical background and queueing systems with applications. The mathematical background is a self containing introduction to the stochastic processes of the later studies queueing systems. It starts with a quick introduction to probability theory and stochastic processes and continues with chapters on Markov chains and regenerative processes. More recent advances of queueing systems are based on phase type distributions, Markov arrival processes and quasy birth death processes, which are introduced in the last chapter of the first part.

 The second part is devoted to queueing models and their applications. After the introduction of the basic Markovian (from M/M/1 to M/M/1//N) and non-Markovian (M/G/1, G/M/1) queueing systems, a chapter presents the analysis of queues with  phase type distributions, Markov arrival processes (from PH/M/1 to MAP/PH/1/K). The next chapter presents the classical queueing network results and the rest of this part is devoted to the application examples. There are queueing models for bandwidth charing with different traffic classes, slotted multiplexers, ATM switches, media access protocols like Aloha and IEEE 802.11b, priority systems and retrial systems.

 An appendix supplements the technical content with Laplace and z transformation rules, Bessel functions and a list of notations. The book contains examples and exercises throughout and could be used for graduate students in engineering, mathematics and sciences.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“The organization of the book is such that queueing models are viewed as special cases of more general stochastic processes, such as birth-death or semi-Markov processes. … this book is a valuable addition to the queuing literature and provides instructors with a viable alternative for a textbook to be used in a one- or two-semester course on queueing models, at the upper undergraduate or beginning graduate levels.” (Charles Knessl, SIAM Review, Vol. 56 (1), March, 2014)

“The authors of this new book … present the material in an elegant and concise way, resulting in a good basic text that forms a foundation for readers who want to learn more advanced topics. … Each chapter concludes with a few exercises. … The writing style is quite formal and will be easily absorbed by a person well acquainted with mathematical modeling … . the book will serve as a useful reference to quickly look up a theorem or proof.” (Piotr Cholda, Computing Reviews, August, 2013)

“The book is composed of two main parts, namely Part I – Introduction to probability theory and stochastic processes, and Part II – Queueing systems. It consists of eleven chapters and an appendix. … The book is highly recommended for students and researchers studying and working in the field of queueing theory and its applications.” (János Sztrik, zbMATH, Vol. 1269, 2013)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Eotvos Lorant University, Budapest, Hungary

    Laszlo Lakatos

  • Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary

    Laszlo Szeidl

  • Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

    Miklos Telek

About the authors

The authors of this book have been doing research and modeling in the theoretical and practical field of queuing theory for several decades, and teaching in both BSc, MSc and doctoral programs at the Faculty of Informatics, E¨otv¨os Lor´and University, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Sz´echenyi Istv´an University and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (all located in Hungary).

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