Wolff, Ronald W. <br/><br/>
Stochastic modeling and the theory of queues / 
Ronald W. Wolff 
 - New Jersey :  Prentice-Hall,   c1989 
 - xvii, 549 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Probability theory -- 2. Renewal theory and regenerative processes -- 3. Discrete markov chains -- 4. Continuous-time markov chains -- 5. Introduction to queueing theory -- 6. Reversibility and queueing networks -- 7. Overflows and retrials -- 8. The M/G/1 and GI/M/c queues -- 9. Random walks and the Gi/G1 queue -- 10. Work conservation and priority queues -- 11. Bounds and approximations. 
<br/><br/> The purpose of this textbook is the time-average approach was simplified. A basic idea was to envisage processes evolving over time, either by drawing pictures, or observing real processes that we were modeling. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>138466920 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>STOCHASTIC -- MATHEMATICS
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 274.6 .W65 1989