Queueing Networks and Product Forms

This monograph provides a systematic approach to the topic of product forms in queueing networks. It forms the first survey of the subject, allowing the reader to conclude, for any network system, whether or not it has a product form, together with simple performance bounds or approximations for non-product form systems. These results, and the many others which are included, are of great practical importance in such fields as computer modelling, telecommunications and broadcasting. The book also includes numerous examples drawn from real applications.