Queueing Networks and Markov Chains: Modeling and Performance Evaluation with Computer Science Applications

Critically acclaimed text for computer performance analysis--now in its second edition


The Second Edition of this now-classic text provides a current and thorough treatment of queueing systems, queueing networks, continuous and discrete-time Markov chains, and simulation. Thoroughly updated with new content, as well as new problems and worked examples, the text offers readers both the theory and practical guidance needed to conduct performance and reliability evaluations of computer, comm...