TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van Mieghem,Piet
TI  - Performance analysis of communications networks and systems
SN  - 9780511616488 (ebook)
AV  - TK5105.5 .V355 2006
U1  - 004.6 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Computer networks
KW  - Stochastic analysis
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - This rigourous and self-contained book describes mathematical and, in particular, stochastic methods to assess the performance of networked systems. It consists of three parts. The first part is a review on probability theory. Part two covers the classical theory of stochastic processes (Poisson, renewal, Markov and queuing theory), which are considered to be the basic building blocks for performance evaluation studies. Part three focuses on the relatively new field of the physics of networks. This part deals with the recently obtained insights that many very different large complex networks - such as the Internet, World Wide Web, proteins, utility infrastructures, social networks - evolve and behave according to more general common scaling laws. This understanding is useful when assessing the end-to-end quality of communications services, for example, in Internet telephony, real-time video and interacting games. Containing problems and solutions, this book is ideal for graduate students taking courses in performance analysis
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511616488
ER  -