7.5 Summary

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7.5 Summary

The areas covered in this chapter, from stochastic processes to queuing theory to basic estimation, span a wide range of topics, each with a wealth of specialities and techniques. The treatment given herein, although brief, is intended to illustrate the usefulness of statistical analysis and queuing theory and to provide a basis for understanding some of the techniques and methods used in simulation. More detailed discussions of the issues associated with basic probability and statistics are found in many basic probability texts, notably [4, 5] and, for a queuing theory slant, in reference [3]. Queuing theory topics are discussed in reference [3], and also in references [2, 6, 7, 13]. Estimation, as related to queuing systems, is treated in references [2, 3]. The application of the techniques discussed in this chapter enables one to calculate, under certain assumptions and conditions, many of the interesting performance quantities that can be found with traditional queuing theory analysis. The results obtained, however, are often more intuitive and can be more easily related to the actual system for which they are intended.

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