Van Mieghem, Piet. <br/><br/>
Performance analysis of communications networks and systems / 
Piet Van Mieghem. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University,  2006. 
 - xii, 530 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Random variables -- Basic distributions -- Correlation -- Inequalities -- Limit laws -- The Poisson process -- Renewal theory -- Discrete-time Markov chains -- Continuous-time Markov chains -- Applications of Markov chains -- Branching processes -- General queueing theory -- Queueing models -- General characteristics of graphs -- The shortest path problem -- The efficiency of multicast -- The hopcount to an anycast group -- Appendix A : Stochastic matrices -- Appendix B : Algebraic graph theory -- Appendix C : Solutions of problems. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521855150 (hbk.) 0521855152 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006296976 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Computer networks.<br/>Stochastic analysis.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TK5105.5  / .V355 2006 QA76.9.E94  / V36 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>004.6