This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review on Markovian arrival processes (MAPs),
which constitute a rich class of point processes used extensively in stochastic modelling. Our …

Modeling network traffic is an endeavor actively carried on since early digital
communications, supporting a number of practical applications, that range from network …

OpenFlow is one of the most famous protocols for controller-to-switch communications in
software-defined networking (SDN), commonly seen as a promising way towards future …

For Cloud based services to support enterprise class production workloads, Mainframe like
predictable performance is essential. However, the scale, complexity, and inherent resource …

Handling diverse client demands and managing unexpected failures without degrading
performance are two key promises of a cloud delivered service. However, evaluation of a …

The most recent development of the Internet of Things brings massive timely sensitive and
bursty data flows. Also, joint optimization on storage, computation, and communication is in …

This paper studies a cold standby repairable system with working vacations and vacation
interruptions. The repairman׳ s multiple vacation, the working vacation policy and the …

It is commonly recognized that software development is highly unpredictable and software
quality may not be easily enhanced after software product is finished. During the software …

Empirical studies show that the inter-event times of a production system are correlated.
However, most of the analytical studies for the analysis and control of production systems …

This chapter provides a comprehensive survey of PH (phase-type) distribution and MAP
(Markovian arrival process) fitting. The PH distribution and MAP are widely used in analytical …