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Queueing Modelling Fundamentals
Ng, Chee-Hock; Boon-Hee, Soong
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Description for Queueing Modelling Fundamentals
Hardback. Fully revised, this second edition of Queueing Modeling Fundamentals With Applications In Communication Networks contains a significant new chapter on Flow & Congestion Control and a section on Network Calculus among other new sections that have been added to other chapters. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Queueing analysis is a vital tool used in the evaluation of system performance. Applications of queueing analysis cover a wide spectrum from bank automated teller machines to transportation and communications data networks. Fully revised, this second edition of a popular book contains the significant addition of a new chapter on Flow & Congestion Control and a section on Network Calculus among other new sections that have been added to remaining chapters. An introductory text, Queueing Modelling Fundamentals focuses on queueing modelling techniques and applications of data networks, examining the underlying principles of isolated queueing systems. This book introduces the ... Read morecomplex queueing theory in simple language/proofs to enable the reader to quickly pick up an overview to queueing theory without utilizing the diverse necessary mathematical tools. It incorporates a rich set of worked examples on its applications to communication networks.
Features include:
- Fully revised and updated edition with significant new chapter on Flow and Congestion Control as-well-as a new section on Network Calculus
- A comprehensive text which highlights both the theoretical models and their applications through a rich set of worked examples, examples of applications to data networks and performance curves
- Provides an insight into the underlying queuing principles and features step-by-step derivation of queueing results
- Written by experienced Professors in the field
Queueing Modelling Fundamentals is an introductory text for undergraduate or entry-level post-graduate students who are taking courses on network performance analysis as well as those practicing network administrators who want to understand the essentials of network operations. The detailed step-by-step derivation of queueing results also makes it an excellent text for professional engineers.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
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About Ng, Chee-Hock; Boon-Hee, Soong
Chee-Hock Ng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Chee-Hock Ng is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He is also serving as an external examiner and assessor to the SIM University for its computer science programmes. The author of the first edition of "Queueing Modelling Fundamentals", Chee-Hock Ng runs short courses to ... Read morethe industry and other statuary bodies in the area of networking.? A Chartered Engineer and a Senior Member of IEEE, he has also published many papers in international journals and conferences in the areas of networking. Boon-Hee Soong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Soong Boon-Hee is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. Previously a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, under the Commonwealth Fellowship Award, he has served as a consultant for many companies including Mobile IP in a recent technical field trial of Next-Generation Wireless LAN initiated by IDA (InfoComm Development Authority, Singapore). Boon-Hee Soong was awarded the Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship in 2004. Author of over 100 international journals, book chapters and conference papers, he is currently a Senior member of IEEE and a member of ACM. Show Less
Reviews for Queueing Modelling Fundamentals
"The book is well written and nicely illustrated. I recommend it as an introduction for graduate students and telecommunications engineers." (Computing Reviews, November 24, 2008) "This book would serve ideally as a text for an undergraduate course on network performance analysis." (Computing Reviews, July 2008)