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This chapter provides a quick summary of the contents in each of the remaining chapters. Also included is an early history on queuing theory, and a large list of examples.
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Thomopoulos, N.T. (2012). Introduction. In: Fundamentals of Queuing Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3713-0_1
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