A tutorial on queuing and trunking with applications to communications /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tranter, William H.
Other Authors:	MacKenzie, Allen Brantley, 1977-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, [2012]
Series:	Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Synthesis lectures on communications ; #8.
Subjects:	Queuing networks (Data transmission) > Mathematical models. Queuing theory. MATLAB. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Abstract:	The motivation for developing this synthesis lecture was to provide a tutorial on queuing and trunking, with extensions to networks of queues, suitable for supplementing courses in communications, stochastic processes, and networking. An essential component of this lecture are the MATLAB-based demonstrations and exercises, which can be easily modified to enable the student to observe and evaluate the impact of changing parameters, arrival and departure statistics, queuing disciplines, the number of servers, and other important aspects of the underlying system model. Much of the work in this lecture is based on Poisson statistics, since Poisson models are useful due to the fact that Poisson models are analytically tractable and provide a useful approximation for many applications. We recognize that the validity of Poisson statistics is questionable for a number of networking applications and therefore we briefly discuss self-similar models and the Hurst parameter, long-term dependent models, the Pareto distribution, and other related topics. Appropriate references are given for continued study on these topics.
Item Description:	Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 10, 2012). Series from website. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 92 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-90).
ISBN:	9781598292695 (electronic bk.) 1598292692 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:	1932-1708 ;