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Author Woodward, Michael E.

Title Communication and computer networks : modelling with discrete-time queues / Michael E. Woodward
Published Los Alamitos, Calif. : IEEE Computer Society Press, 1994

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 W'PONDS  004.60151982 Woo/Cac  AVAILABLE
Description x, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Networks, Queues and Performance Modelling. -- 1.1 Introduction. -- 1.2 Network tyes. -- 1.3 Multiple-access protocols. -- 1.4 Discrete-time queues. -- 1.5 Performance measures. -- 2. Probability, Random Variables, and Distributions. -- 2.1 Probability. -- 2.2 Random variables. -- 2.3 Distributions. -- 2.4 Conditional distributions. -- 3. Stochastic Process and Markov Chains. -- 3.1 Poisson process. -- 3.2 Properties of the Poisson process. -- 3.3 Markov chains. -- 3.4 Markov chain models. -- 3.5 Exercises. -- 4. Discrete-Time Queues. -- 4.1 Performance measures and Litte's result. -- 4.2 Discrete-time queueing conventions. -- 4.3 Discrete-time M/M/1 queue. -- 4.4 Discrete-time M/M/1/J queue. -- 4.5 Discrete-time Man/M/1 -- 4.6 Discrete-time Man/Mdm/∞ queue. -- 4.7 S-queues. -- 4.8 Exercises. -- 5. Discrete-Time Queueing Networks. -- 5.1 Tandem S-queues. -- 5.2 Network of S-queues. -- 5.3 Discrete-time queueing network models for multiple access protocols. -- 5.4 Equilibrium point analysis. -- 5.5 Different customer classes. -- 5.6 Exercises. -- 6. Satellite Networks. -- 6.1 Time-division multiple access. -- 6.2 Slotted Aloha. -- 6.3 Code division multiple access. -- 6.4 Buffered slotted Aloha -- 6.5 Exercises. -- 7. Local Area Networks. -- 7.1 Carrier sensing networks. -- 7.2 Token passing networks. -- 7.3 Slotted rings. -- 7.4 Exercises. -- Appendix. -- References. -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Computer networks -- Mathematical models.
Discrete-time systems.
Queuing theory.
LC no. 93045351
ISBN 0818651717 (M/F)
0818651725 (case)