The University of Hong Kong

ELEC 3703 Queuing Theory
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering


 
 
 
Course Overview
Basic notation, discrete and continuous time Markov chains, birth-death processes, elementary queuing systems (M/M/m/A/B queuing systems), Erlangian distribution.
 
 
Textbooks
 
 
Textbooks
Required Text:
Queueing Systems (Volume I: Theory), L. Kleinrock, John Wiley & Sons, 1975.
Reference texts:
1. Data Networks, D. Bertsekas and R. Gallager, Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, 1992.
2. An Introduction to Queueing Systems, S. K. Bose, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002.
 
Important Dates
First Date of Class: 3 September 2010
Midterm Test: 5 November 2010
Final Examination: 11 December 2010
 
Grading Scheme
Assignments: 5%
Midterm Test: 25%
Examination: 70%
             
Last Updated: 25 October 2010