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Queueing Theory

EC6
LocationUtrecht University
Weeks6 - 21
LectureMonday, 15:15 - 17:00
Provider Operations Research (LNMB)
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Summary

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of probability at the level:

S.M. Ross, Introduction to probability models, 9th edition, Academic Press, 2007 (chapters 1-3).

Aim of the course
To provide insight in the theory of queueing models. The following subjects will be treated:

Fundamental queueing relations (Little's law, PASTA property) Markovian queues (M/M/1 queue, M/M/c queue, M/E_r/1 queue)
M/G/1 queue and G/M/1 queue
Mean value technique
Priority queues
Variations of the M/G/1 queue
Insensitive queues (M/G/c/c queue and M/G/infinity queue)

Lecturers
Dr. J.L. Dorsman, Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam, j.l.dorsman@uva.nl
Dr. W.R.W. Scheinhardt, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, w.r.w.scheinhardt@utwente.nl