Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems: Queueing Theory in Action

by Mor Harchol-Balter

Tackling the questions that systems designers care about, this book brings queueing theory decisively back to computer science. The book is written with computer scientists and engineers in mind and is full of examples from computer systems, as well as manufacturing and operations research. Fun and readable, the book is highly approachable, even for undergraduates, while still being thoroughly rigorous and also covering a much wider span of topics than many queueing books. Readers benefit from a lively mix of motivation and intuition, with illustrations, examples and more than 300 exercises - all while acquiring the skills needed to model, analyze and design large-scale systems with good performance and low cost. The exercises are an important feature, teaching research-level counterintuitive lessons in the design of computer systems. The goal is to train readers not only to customize existing analyses but also to invent their own.

Genres: Computer Science, Mathematics, Design, Science, Programming, Technical, Technology

573 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2012

Reviews

[Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

Applied mathematics at its best! If only all queueing theory books were like this one. Looking forward to the continuation with more analysis from the field.

[Daniel]

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[Illayarajaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

respected sir,

Myself A.Illayarajaa, working as a Associate Professor from Annai Mathammal Sheela Engineering College,Namakkal.
i take this paper “Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems – Queuing Theory in Action”,
for First year M.E Computer Science and engg. but i didn't have any reference for this book so i will refer that book with your permission.

thanking you.


with thanks & regards
A.Illayarajaa
Associate Professor,
Annai Mathammal Sheela Engg. Colleg,Namakkal,Tamilnadu
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