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A Software Package for Queueing Networks and Markov Chains analysis

Performance 2022-09-12 v1

Abstract

Queueing networks and Markov chains are widely used for conducting performance and reliability studies. In this paper we describe the queueing package, a free software package for queueing networks and Markov chain analysis for GNU Octave. The queueing package provides implementations of numerical algorithms for computing transient and steady-state performance measures of discrete and continuous Markov chains, and for steady-state analysis of single-station queueing systems and queueing networks. We illustrate the design principles of the queueing package, describe its most salient features and provide some usage examples.

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@article{arxiv.2209.04220,
  title  = {A Software Package for Queueing Networks and Markov Chains analysis},
  author = {Moreno Marzolla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.04220},
  year   = {2022}
}
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