Stochastic networks : theory and applications

1. Convergence to equilibria for fluid models of FIFO and processor sharing queueing networks 2. Optimal draining of fluid re-entrant lines: some solved examples 3. On the approximation of queueing networks in heavy traffic 4. The BIGSTEP approach to flow management in stochastic processing networks 5. Queue lengths and departures at single-server resources 6. Large deviations of stationary reflected Brownian motions 7. Limit theorems for workload input models 8. Notes on effective bandwidths 9. Traffic characterisation and effective bandwidths for broadband network traces 10. Nonparametric estimation for quantities of interest in queues 11. The asymptotic behaviour of large loss networks 12. Admission controls for loss networks with diverse routing 13. On load balancing in Erlang networks 14. Analysing system behaviour on different timescales 15. Optimal returns and suboptimality bounds for systems satisfying generalised conservation laws 16. Approximate solutions for open networks with breakdowns and repairs 17. Stationary ergodic Jackson networks: results and counter-examples 18. The Cesaro limit of departures from certain ./GI/1 queueing tandems 19. The Poisson-independence hypothesis for infintely-growing fully-connected packet-switching networks 20. A bibliographical guide to self-similar traffic and performance modeling for modern high-speed networks