Performance Analysis of Communications Networks and Systems (Paperback)

1. Introduction; 2. Random variables; 3. Basic distributions; 4. Correlation; 5. Inequalities; 6. Limit laws; 7. The Poisson process; 8. Renewal theory; 9. Discrete time Markov chains; 10. Continuous time Markov chains; 11. Applications of Markov chains; 12. Branching processes; 13. General queuing theory; 14. Queuing models; 15. General characteristics of graphs; 16. The shortest path problem; 17. The efficiency of multicast; 18. The hop count to an any cast group; Appendix A. Stochastic matrices; Appendix B. Algebraic graph theory; Appendix C. Solutions of problems; Bibliography; Index.