Queues: Theory and Applications, Spring 2006

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Author:

Gamarnik, David

Subject:

Mathematics and Statistics

Institution Name:

M.I.T.

Collection:

MIT OpenCourseWare

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

This class deals with the modeling and analysis of queueing systems, with applications in communications, manufacturing, computers, call centers, service industries and transportation. Topics include birth-death processes and simple Markovian queues, networks of queues and product form networks, single and multi-server queues, multi-class queueing networks, fluid models, adversarial queueing networks, heavy-traffic theory and diffusion approximations. The course will cover state of the art results which lead to research opportunities.

Languages:

English

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Activities and Labs, Assessments, Full Course, Homework and Assignments, Syllabi

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