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Summary: Contents
Preface
I. Preliminaries
1. An Overview of Queueing Network Modelling
1.1. Introduction ... 2
1.2. What Is a Queueing Network Model? ... 4
1.3. Dejining, Parameterizing, and Evaluating Queue-
ing Network Models ... 9
1.4. Why Are Queueing Network Models Appropriate
Tools? ... 14
1.5. Related Techniques ... 14
1.6. Summary ... 17
1.7. References ... 17
2. Conducting a Modelling Study
2.1. Introduction ,.. 20
2.2. The Model&g Cycle ... 22
2.3. Understanding the Objectives of a Study ... 27
2.4. Workload Characterization ... 30
2.5. Sensitivity Analysis ... 33
2.6. Sources of Insight ... 35
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