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Applied Probability— Computer Science: The Interface

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Ralph L. Disney

    1. Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

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  2. Teunis J. Ott

    1. Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, USA

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Part of the book series: Progress in Computer Science and Applied Logic (PCS, volume 3)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Probabilistic Scheduling

    1. Scheduling Stochastic Jobs on Parallel Machines to Minimize Makespan or Flowtime

      • Richard R. Weber
      Pages 327-344

    2. An Adaptive-Priority Queue

      • H. G. Badr, I. Mitrani, J. R. Spirn
      Pages 345-371

  2. Markov Chain Models in Performance Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 373-373
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    2. The Length of Path for Finite Markov Chains and its Application to Modelling Program Behaviour and Interleaved Memory Systems

      • Percy Tzelnic
      Pages 375-405

  3. Networks of Queues, II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 407-407
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    2. The Heavy Traffic Diffusion Approximation for Sojourn Times in Jackson Networks

      • Martin I. Reiman
      Pages 409-421

    3. Stationary Probabilities for Networks of Queues

      • A. Hordijk, N. van Dijk
      Pages 423-451

    4. A Class of Closed Markovian Queueing Networks: Integral Representations, Asymptotic Expansions, Generalizations

      • J. McKenna, D. Mitra, K. G. Ramakrishnan
      Pages 453-456

  4. Queueing Models in Performance Analysis, II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 457-457
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    2. File Placement Using Predictive Queuing Models

      • Lawrence W. Dowdy, Rosemary M. Budd
      Pages 459-476

    3. Networks of Work-Conserving Normal Queues

      • Tomasz Rolski, Ryszard Szekli
      Pages 477-497

    4. Product form Solution for Queueing Networks with Poisson Arrivals and General Service Time Distributions with Finite Means

      • Christopher L. Samelson, William G. Bulgren
      Pages 499-500
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

    Ralph L. Disney

  • Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, USA

    Teunis J. Ott

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Applied Probability— Computer Science: The Interface

  • Editors: Ralph L. Disney, Teunis J. Ott

  • Series Title: Progress in Computer Science and Applied Logic

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5798-1

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-3093-5Published: 01 January 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5798-1Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2297-0576

  • Series E-ISSN: 2297-0584

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 500

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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