Mathematical methods to study the polling systems

Automation and Remote Control

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-220

  Vishnevskii, V M ^a   Semenova, O V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONTINUOUS-TIME SYSTEMS; POLLING SYSTEMS; RANDOM QUEUE POLLING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORKS;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 33645296547     PISSN: 00051179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0005117906020019     Document Type: Review

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