Analytic Methods in Applied Probability: In Memory of Fridrikh Karpelevich (American Mathematical Society Translations Series 2)

Aimed at graduate students, theoretical and applied probabilists, computer scientists, and engineers, this volume features 14 original papers on applied probability with an emphasis on queuing and queuing network theory. The volume opens with a discussion of the contributions of Fridrikh Karpelevich to the field and a bibliography of his works in this area. Other topics include the applicability of queuing network theory to industrial manufacturing and processing, the problem of stability of a queuing model regime, and new ratio limit theorems for Markov chains. The volume is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)