{"product_id":"9781461427735","title":"Queueing Networks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis handbook aims to highlight fundamental, methodological and computational aspects of networks of queues to provide insights and to unify results that can be applied in a more general manner.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe handbook is organized into five parts:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart 1 considers exact analytical results such as of product form type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Topics include\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echaracterization of product forms by physical balance concepts and simple traffic flow equations,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eclasses of service and queue disciplines that allow a product form,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea unified description of product forms for discrete time queueing networks,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einsights for insensitivity, and aggregation and decomposition results that allow sub networks to be aggregated into single nodes to reduce computational burden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart 2 looks at monotonicity and comparison results such as for computational simplification by either of two approaches: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estochastic monotonicity and ordering results based on the ordering of the process generators, and comparison results and explicit error bounds based on an underlying Markov reward structure leading to ordering of expectations of performance measures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart 3 presents diffusion and fluid results. It specifically looks at\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe fluid regime and the diffusion regime. Both of these are illustrated through fluid limits for the analysis of system stability, diffusion approximations for multi-server systems, and a system fed by Gaussian traffic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart 4 illustrates computational and approximate results through\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the classical MVA (mean value analysis) and QNA (queueing network analyzer) for computing mean and variance of performance measures such as queue lengths and sojourn times; numerical approximation of response time distributions; and approximate decomposition results for large open queueing networks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart 5 enlightens selected applications as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eloss networks originating from circuit switched telecommunications applications, capacity sharing originating from packet switching in data networks, and a hospital application that is of growing present day interest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book shows that\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ethe intertwined progress of theory and practice\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ewill remain to be most intriguing and will continue to be the basis of further developments in queueing networks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year: \u003c\/strong\u003e2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImprint: \u003c\/strong\u003eSpringer US\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFormat: P\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWeight (Gram): 1240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard J. Boucherie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41256044363954,"sku":"9781461427735","price":3429997.64,"currency_code":"IDR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/5382\/4178\/products\/1461427738.01_SCLZZZZZZZ.jpg?v=1635867272","url":"https:\/\/readabook.store\/en-id\/products\/9781461427735","provider":"READABOOK BY ALKEM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}