Second
Semester of Academic Year 2019-2020
MA 597 Queueing Theory and Applications
Syllabus
 
Review of probability, random variables, distributions, generating functions;  
Poisson, Markov, renewal and semi-Markov processes;  Characteristics of 
queueing systems, Little's law, Markovian and non-Markovian queueing 
systems, embedded Markov chain applications to M/G/1, G/M/1 and related 
queueing systems;  Networks of queues, open and closed queueing networks;  
Queues with vacations, priority queues, queues with modulated arrival 
process, discrete time queues, introduction to matrix-geometric methods, 
applications in manufacturing, computer and communication networks.  
Texts:
 
-  D. Gross and C. Harris,
Fundamentals of Queueing Theory, 3rd Edition,
Wiley, 1998. (WSE Edition, 2004).
-  L. Kleinrock,
Queueing Systems, Vol. 1: Theory, 
Wiley, 1975.
References:
 
-  J. Medhi, 
Stochastic Models in Queueing Theory, 2nd Edition, 
Academic Press, 2003. (Elsevier India Edition, 2006).
-  J.A. Buzacott and J.G. Shanthikumar,
Stochastic Models of Manufacturing Systems,
Prentice Hall, 1992.
-  R.B. Cooper,
Introduction to Queueing Theory, 2nd Edition, 
North-Holland, 1981. 
-  L. Kleinrock,
Queueing Systems, Vol. 2: Computer Applications, 
Wiley, 1976.
 
-  R. Nelson, 
Probability, Stochastic Processes, and Queueing Theory: The 
Mathematics of Computer Performance Modelling,
Springer, 1995. 
-  E. Gelenbe and G. Pujolle, 
Introduction to Queueing Networks, 2nd Edition,
Wiley, 1998. 
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