PART I Introduction to Queueing Part I serves as an introduction to analytical modeling. We begin in Chapter 1 with a number of paradoxical examples that come up in the design of computer systems, showing off the power of analytical modeling in making design decisions. Chapter 2 introduces the reader to basic queueing theory terminology and notation that is used throughout the rest of the book. Readers are introduced to both open and closed queueing networks and to standard performance metrics, such as response time, throughput, and the number of jobs in the system. 1 www.cambridge.org © in this web service Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02750-3 - Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems: Queueing Theory in Action Mor Harchol-Balter Excerpt More information