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Introduction to Queueing Theory

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A simple queueing system was first introduced in Chap. 1 as an example of a DES. We have since repeatedly used it to illustrate many of the ideas and techniques discussed thus far. In this chapter, we will take a more in-depth look at queueing systems.

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Cassandras, C.G., Lafortune, S. (2021). Introduction to Queueing Theory. In: Introduction to Discrete Event Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72274-6_8

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