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This thesis has to do with certain fundamental queues that are well established as models for delay in simple packet-switching concentrators and networks. We first revisit the single server queue with Poisson arrivals and general independent service times. We then work out a complete delay analysis for a traffic concentrating tandem network of queues with deterministic service and batch Poisson sources connected to every node; this is the most comprehensive analysis available for a network which is not of Jackson type. We also show how to (partially) extend the analysis to a concentrating tree network, and to an arrival process somewhat more general that batch Poisson. / The two parts of the thesis have a close methodological relationship. Our contribution in both cases is to rederive certain known results, and to produce a variety of new ones, using techniques that are essentially qualitative. Our particular view of the stochastic processes in question is guided by a very special queue discipline, namely Last Come First Served preemptive resume; by identifying certain structural features of the sample paths, one can read, almost without calculation, a host of statistics of common interest. The LCFS preemptive resume discipline also enables us: (i) to strengthen the connection between the single server queue with general independent service times and interarrival times, and the fluctuation theory of random walks; (ii) to strengthen the connection between the queue with Poisson arrivals and branching processes.

Includes summary / Bibliography: leaves 108-112 / vii, 112 leaves : ill ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, 1989

Bibliography: leaves 147-152 / vii, 152 leaves : ill ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, 1990

Bibliography: leaves 102-104 / viii, 115 leaves : ill ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, 1986

Thesis--Auburn University, 2008. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references (p.35).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Computing and Engineering. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2008. / "A dissertation in computing networking and telecommunications networking." Advisor: Appie van de Liefvoort. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Feb. 6, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-89). Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990. / Thesis Advisor: Lamm, David V. Second Reader: Caldwell, William J. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 1, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): Contract administration, decision making, navy, WIP(work in process), backlogs, regression analysis, small purchase actions, procurement, theses. Author(s) subject terms:Decision rule, contracting, small purchase, backlog. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64). Also available in print.