Analytical and Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Applications

Traffic Modeling.- Markovian Characterisation of H.264/SVC Scalable Video.- Using the Whittle Estimator for the Selection of an Autocorrelation Function Family.- Using Load Transformations to Predict the Impact of Packet Fragmentation and Losses on Markovian Arrival Processes.- Queueing Systems.- Modeling Web Server Traffic with Session-Based Arrival Streams.- Mixed Finite-/Infinite-Capacity Priority Queue with Interclass Correlation.- Performance Evaluation of a Gradual Differentiation Scheme for Telecommunication Networks.- Analytical Methods and Applications.- An Analytical Study of the Resource Diffusion in Non-homogeneous P2P Networks.- A Hessenberg Markov Chain for Fast Fibre Delay Line Length Optimization.- Stochastic Fatigue Models for Efficient Planning Inspections in Service of Aircraft Structures.- Distributions in Stochastic Modeling.- Effective Minimization of Acyclic Phase-Type Representations.- A Response Time Distribution Model for Zoned RAID.- Exact Sojourn Time Distribution in an Online IPTV Recording System.- Queueing Networks.- An Empirical Case-Study of a Central-Server-Model on System Performance.- A Tandem Queueing Model for Delay Analysis in Disconnected Ad Hoc Networks.- Exact Asymptotic Analysis of Closed BCMP Networks with a Common Bottleneck.- Multiclass G-Networks of Processor Sharing Queues with Resets.- Simulation and Model Checking.- Simulation of a Peer to Peer Market for Grid Computing.- Perfect Simulation of Stochastic Automata Networks.- Model Checking of Infinite State Space Markov Chains by Stochastic Bounds.- Wireless Networks.- Bottleneck Analysis for Two-Hop IEEE 802.11e Ad Hoc Networks.- Contention-Based Polling Efficiency in Broadband Wireless Networks.- Performance Evaluation of the High Speed Downlink Packet Access in Communications Networks Based on High Altitude Platforms.