Reading list for class on October 4th, 2018

There are no required reading material for this class. We will however maintain a list of recommended readings for each lecture (whenever applicable) to further help you understand and explore the concepts. The terminology we use for these readings is as follows:

• Recommended reading: Reading material that is directly relevant to the class notes and can help you understand and remember things from class.
• Secondary reading: Reading material that is relevant to the class notes but goes beyond what was explained in the lectures, provides more examples, and explores different but related topics.

Recommended reading

• Harchol-Balter, Mor. Performance modeling and design of computer systems: queueing theory in action. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  • A big chunk of the material we presented in class is drawn from Chapter 11
• For the proof that every continuous random variable that is memoryless is also exponential, see the following lecture

Secondary reading

• Nelson, Randolph. Probability, stochastic processes, and queueing theory: the mathematics of computer performance modeling. Springer Science & Business Media, 2013.
  • Chapter 8
  • Available as an e-copy on the University network (or through VPN).