Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Dmitri Moltchanov

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Successful pass of examination
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge of queuing theory ¿ a basic tool for performance evaluation studies of packet switched networks.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Introduction to queuing theory: Basics of probability theory Basics of stochastic processes Markovian stochastic processes in discrete and continuous time Arrival and service processes in queuing theory
2.	Basic queuing theory: Little¿s result Queuing systems of M/M/C/K/N type
3.	Intermediate queuing theory: M/G/1 queuing system: residual lifetime and imbedded Markov chain approaches M/G/1 queuing system: method of supplementary variables G/M/1 queuing system: residual lifetime and imbedded Markov chain approaches

Evaluation criteria for the course

Course is evaluated based on the following: Examination Lecture attendance Exercise attendance Completion of assignments

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Queuing systems	Kleinrock L.			available in the TUT library		English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

Last modified	13.08.2008
Modifier	Hanna Hämäläinen