Queueing Theory and Network Applications

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Retrial Queues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Retrial Queueing System MMPP/M/1 with Impatient Calls Under Heavy Load Condition

      • Ekaterina Fedorova, Elena Danilyuk, Anatoly Nazarov, Agassi Melikov

      Pages 3-15

   3. Matrix Analytic Solutions for M/M/S Retrial Queues with Impatient Customers

      • Hsing Paul Luh, Pei-Chun Song

      Pages 16-33

   4. A Coupling-Based Analysis of a Multiclass Retrial System with State-Dependent Retrial Rates

      • Evsey Morozov, Taisia Morozova

      Pages 34-50

   5. Stability Conditions of a Multiclass System with NBU Retrials

      • Evsey Morozov, Ruslana Nekrasova

      Pages 51-63

   6. Controlled M/M/1-RQ System with Randomized Acceptance from the Orbit

      • Andrei V. Zorine

      Pages 64-76

   7. Analysis of Retrial Queues for Cognitive Wireless Networks with Sensing Time of Secondary Users

      • Kohei Akutsu, Tuan Phung-Duc

      Pages 77-91

3. Controllable Queues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. M/M/1 Queue with Controllable Service Rate

      • Zsolt Saffer, Karl Grill, Wuyi Yue

      Pages 95-111

   3. A Single Server Queue with Workload-Dependent Service Speed and Vacations

      • Yutaka Sakuma, Onno Boxma, Tuan Phung-Duc

      Pages 112-127

   4. Delay Analysis of a Two-Server Discrete-Time Queue Where One Server Is Only Intermittently Available

      • Freek Verdonck, Herwig Bruneel, Sabine Wittevrongel

      Pages 128-146

4. Strategic Queues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. A Closed Queueing Network with Strategic Service Differentiation

      • Michal Benelli, Refael Hassin

      Pages 149-165

   3. On Rational Behavior in a Loss System with One Observable Queue and One Unobservable Queue

      • Refael Hassin, Jonathan H. P. Milo

      Pages 166-182

   4. Strategic Joining in a Single-Server Retrial Queue with Batch Service

      • Ke Sun, Jinting Wang, George Zhang

      Pages 183-198

5. Queueing Networks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199

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   2. A Linear Programming Approach to Markov Reward Error Bounds for Queueing Networks

      • Xinwei Bai, Jasper Goseling

      Pages 201-220

   3. Class Aggregation for Multi-class Queueing Networks with FCFS Multi-server Stations

      • Pasquale Legato, Rina Mary Mazza

      Pages 221-239

   4. Stationary Analysis of a Tandem Queue with Coupled Processors Subject to Global Breakdowns

      • Ioannis Dimitriou

      Pages 240-259

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Queueing Theory and Network Applications, QTNA 2019, held in Ghent, Belgium, in August 2019.
The 23 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 initial submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Retrial Queues; Controllable Queues; Strategic Queues; Queueing Networks; Scheduling Policies; Multidimensional Systems; and Queueing Models in Applications. 

• queueing theory
• retrial queues
• strategic queues
• scheduling policies
• queueing models with variable service capacity
• control and optimization in queueing models
• Markov processes
• modeling methodologies
• network performance modeling
• queueing models for cloud computing
• queueing models for wireless communication
• telecommunication networks
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• telecommunication traffic
• queueing systems
• numerical methods
• queueing networks
• probability
• numerical example

• University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

  Tuan Phung-Duc

• Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan

  Shoji Kasahara

• Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  Sabine Wittevrongel

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