Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems. Queueing Theory in Action, Hardback/Mor Harchol-Balter

Written with computer scientists and engineers in mind, this book brings queueing theory decisively back to computer science. Through a lively mix of motivation and intuition, with illustrations, examples and more than 300 exercises, readers acquire the skills needed to model, analyze and design large-scale systems with good performance and low cost.