The objective of the book is to acquaint the reader with the use of queueing theory in the analysis of manufacturing systems.

This text presents the practical application of queueing theory results for the design and analysis of manufacturing and production systems. This textbook makes

Written with computer scientists and engineers in mind, this book brings queueing theory decisively back to computer science.

This introductory textbook is designed for a one-semester course on queueing theory that does not require a course on stochastic processes as a prerequisite. By