Buchcover An Introduction to Queueing Theory | U. Narayan Bhat | EAN 9780817647254 | ISBN 0-8176-4725-2 | ISBN 978-0-8176-4725-4

From the reviews:

„This is a new addition to the literature in Queueing Theory, which has been a subject area of intense interest because of its theoretical [richness] and wide applicability. This book has brought a freshness and novelty as it deals mainly with modeling and analysis in applications as well as with statistical inference for queueing problems. The book includes basics of stochastic processes and some mathematical topics, in addition to a chapter written by two computer scientists on modeling and analysis using computational tools, with useful simulation programs... With his 40 years of valuable experience in teaching and high level research in this subject area, Professor Bhat has been able to achieve what he aimed: to make [the work] somewhat different in content and approach from other books.“—Assam Statistical Review

“The huge range of applications makes queueing theory an interesting object of study for students of mathematics, computer science, operations research and engineering. This book is an introduction to queueing theory. … The book also contains 3 appendices about Poisson and Markov processes and other background material … . the extensive bibliography of the queueing literature (202 references) which is given at the end of the book … help readers to further their research.” (Slobodanka S. Mitrović, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2010 a)

“It is aimed at beginning graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in industrial engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, operations research, management science, mathematics, and statistics. … it covers a surprisingly large number of topics, including some that do not get much attention in other, much large books. … As far as writing style is concerned, Bhat tends to be precise and concise. … I like books that can be short yet make a major contribution.” (Myron Hlynka, Technometrics, Vol. 52 (1), February,2010)

An Introduction to Queueing Theory

Modeling and Analysis in Applications

von U. Narayan Bhat

There are several books on queueing theory available for students as well as - searchers. At the low end of mathematical sophistication, some provide usable f- mulas in a recipe fashion. At the high end there are research monographs on speci? c topics and books with an emphasis on theoretical analysis. In between there are a few textbooks with one common feature: all of them require an adequate background knowledge of probability and Markov processes that can be acquired normally with a semester-length graduate course. Consequently, most people who deal with the modeling and analysis of queueing systems either do not take a course on the subject because it would require an extra semester, or take a course on queueing systems without the necessary background and learn only how to use the results. This book is addressedtoremedythissituationbyprovidingaone-semesterfoundationalintrod- tion to the theory necessary for modeling and analysis of systems while developing the essential Markov process concepts and techniques using queueing processes as examples. Some of the key features of the book also distinguish it from others. Its introd- tory chapter includes a historical perspective on the growth of queueing theory in the last 100 years. With an emphasis on modeling and analysis it deals with topics such as identi? cation of models, collection of data, and tests for stationarity and indep- dence of observations. It provides a rigorous treatment of basic models commonly used in applications with references for advanced topics.