Analytical and stochastic modeling techniques and applications : 18th international conference, ASMTA 2011, Venice, Italy, June 20-22, 2011 : proceedings / Khalid Al-Begain [and others] (eds.).

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Analytical and Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Applications, ASMTA 2011, held in Venice, Italyin June 2011. The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from many submissions. The papers are¡organized in topical sections on queueing theory, software and computer systems, statistics and inference, ¡telecommunication networks, and performance and performability.¡

English.

Machine generated contents note: Queueing Theory I -- Departure Process in Finite-Buffer Queue with Batch Arrivals / Wojciech M. Kempa -- Two-Class Continuous-Time Queueing Model with Dedicated Servers and Global FCFS Service Discipline / Joris Walraevens -- M/G/1 Queue with Exponential Working Vacation and Gated Service / Miklos Telek -- Software and Computer Systems -- Application of FSP Models in Automatic Optimization of Software Deployment / Omid Bushehrian -- Model-Based Decision Framework for Autonomous Application Migration / Hans-Peter Schwefel -- Optimisation of Virtual Machine Garbage Collection Policies / Andrea Marin -- Queueing Theory II -- Performance Evaluation of a Single Node with General Arrivals and Service / Thomas Begin -- Tandem Queueing System with Different Types of Customers / Alexander Dudin -- Fast Evaluation of Appointment Schedules for Outpatients in Health Care / D. Fiems -- ^ Statistics and Inference -- Technique of Statistical Validation of Rival Models for Fatigue Crack Growth Process and Its Identification / Konstantin Nechval -- Suitability of the M/G/[∞] Process for Modeling Scalable H.264 Video Traffic / Maria-Estrella Sousa-Vieira -- Reconstructing Model Parameters in Partially-Observable Discrete Stochastic Systems / Graham Horton -- Queueing Theory III -- Performance Evaluation of a Kitting Process / Dieter Fiems -- Perfect Sampling of Phase-Type Servers Using Bounding Envelopes / Jean-Marc Vincent -- Monotone Queuing Networks and Time Parallel Simulation / Franck Quessette -- Telecommunication Networks I -- Traffic-Centric Modelling by IEEE 802.11 DCF Example / Pieter Kritzinger -- Flexible Traffic Engineering in Full Mesh Networks: Analysis of the Gain in Throughput and Cost Savings / Gerhard Hasslinger -- Investigation of the Reliability of Multiserver Computer Networks / Genadijus Kulvietis -- Performance and Performability

Note continued: Performability Modeling of Exceptions-Aware Systems in Multiformalism Tools / Stefano Marrone -- Impact of Input Error on the Scheduling of Task Graphs with Imprecise Computations in Heterogeneous Distributed Real-Time Systems / Helen D. Karatza -- Simple Correlated Flow and Its Application / Jelena Revzina -- Telecommunication Networks II -- Practical Tree Algorithm with Successive Interference Cancellation for Delay Reduction in IEEE 802.16 Networks / Andrey Turlikov -- Probabilistic Energy-Aware Model for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks / Sabina Rossi -- Size-Based Flow-Scheduling Using Spike-Detection / Pascale Vicat-Blanc Primet.