Stochastic networks: theory and applications
F P Kelly, S Zachary and I Ziedins (editors)
Oxford University Press, September 1996.
Royal Statistical Society Lecture Note Series No. 4
ISBN 0-19-852399-8
384 pp
The theory of stochastic networks is presently undergoing a period of
intensive research, motivated in part by the need to understand and
control the behaviour of modern communications and manufacturing
networks, and thus to improve their design and performance.
This volume is a collection of invited papers written after the event
by some of the participants at the
Royal Statistical
Society research workshop on stochastic networks,
held at Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh, from 1 to 11 August 1995. This workshop gathered together
most of the leading researchers in this field, including many from
industry. All the major themes of current interest were considered, and
these are well represented in this volume, which provides a
comprehensive survey of current research and the very latest
developments.
The areas covered include:
- the mathematical modelling and the optimal control of
queueing and loss networks;
- the use of large deviations theory and effective
bandwidth concepts in analysis and control;
- the statistical modelling and analysis of network data.
The book also contains a comprehensive and up-to-date
bibliography of the statistical literature on long-range
dependence and self-similarity in network traffic and other
scientific and engineering applications.
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For further information please email S Zachary or
I Ziedins.
Last modified: Tuesday 25 June 1996