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Queues: Theory and Applications >> Content Detail



Syllabus



Syllabus



Class Description


This class deals with the modeling and analysis of queueing systems, with applications in communications, manufacturing, computers, call centers, service industries and transportation. Topics include birth-death processes and simple Markovian queues, networks of queues and product form networks, single and multi-server queues, multi-class queueing networks, fluid models, adversarial queueing networks, heavy-traffic theory and diffusion approximations. The course will cover state of the art results which lead to research opportunities.



Course Requirements


Bi-weekly problem sets, one in class mid-term, take home final and a MATLAB® computer project.

The project will consist of using MATLAB® to research some performance analysis questions. A written report on a project is due beginning of May. It is OK to form teams.



Grading



ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Problem Sets30%
Exams50%
Project20%

 








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