Applied Probability-Computer Science

Major Speakers.- Networks of Quasi-Reversible Nodes.- Discussant Report.- The c - Server Queue with Constant Service Times and a Versatile Markovian Arrival Process.- Discussant Report.- Author Response.- Simulation Output Analysis for General State Space Markov Chains.- Models and Problems of Dynamic Memory Allocation.- Probabilistic Analysis of Algorithms.- Discussant Report.- Point Process Method in Queueing Theory.- Error Minimization in Decomposable Stochastic Models.- Computational Methods for Product Form Queueing Networks: Extended Abstract.- Networks of Queues, I Richard Muntz, Chairman.- Closed Multichain Product Form Queueing Networks with Large Population Sizes.- Discussant Report.- The Significance of the Decomposition and the Arrival Theorems for the Evaluation of Closed Queueing Networks.- On Computing the Stationary Probability Vector of a Network of Two Coxian Servers.- Performance and Reliability Donald Gross, Chairman.- Fitting of Software Error and Reliability Models to Field Failure Data.- Performance Evaluation of Voice/Data Queueing Systems.- Probabilistic Aspects of Simulation Peter Lewis, Chairman.- On a Spectral Approach to Simulation Run Length Control.- Generation of Some First-Order Autoregressive Markovian Sequences of Positive Random Variables with Given Marginal Distributions.- Testing for Initialization Bias in the Mean of a Simulation Output Series: Extended Abstract.- Queueing Models in Performance Analysis, I Daniel Heyman, Chairman.- Response Time Analysis for Pipelining Jobs in a Tree Network of Processors.- Discussant Report.- Author Response.- Mean Delays of Individual Streams into a Queue: The ?GIi/M/1 Queue.- Probabilistic Models in Performance Analysis of Computer Systems and Communication Networks Donald Gaver, Chairman.- Analysis and Design of Processor Schedules for Real Time Applications.- Modeling Real Dasd Configurations.- Discussant Report.- Bottleneck Determination in Networks of Queues.- Probabilistic Analysis of Algorithms Dave Liu, Chairman.- On the Average Difference Between the Solutions to Linear and Integer Knapsack Problems.