Overview
In this last chapter, we summarize the volume’s contents, provide a review of the software tools available that were presented in the various chapters, and provide some open questions for future research and development.
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Chapter 1: Introduction G(V, E)
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Chapter 2: Problem Overview \(\varOmega {\bigl (G(V,E)\bigr )}\)
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Chapter 3: Mathematical Models and Properties of Queues G(V )
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Chapter 4: Transportation and Loss Queues G(E)
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Chapter 5: Open Queueing Network Algorithms \(f{\bigl (G(V,E)\bigr )}\)
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Chapter 6: Closed Queueing Network Algorithms \(f{\bigl (G(V,E,N)\bigr )}\)
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Chapter 7: Optimal Resource Allocation Problems G(V ∗)
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Chapter 8: Optimal Routing Problems G(E ∗)
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Chapter 9: Optimal Topology Problems G(V, E)∗
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Smith, J.M. (2018). Final Coda. In: Introduction to Queueing Networks. Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78822-7_10
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