Queuing theory and the stochastic processes arising from the study of queuing and storage systems. Overview of classical results and recent topics bounds and approximations, queuing networks.

I was at the store the other day to pick up a few items. I found what I wanted and walked to the front checkout counters. There I found a long line of people waiting to be checked out. I had spent a ...

The study of how systems with limited resources distribute those resources to elements waiting in line, and how those elements respond. Examples include data traversing computer networks, phone calls ...