Syllabus: (1) Stochastic Process : Birth and Death Process, Poisson Process, Waiting Time Paradox etc.
                (2) Markovian Queueing Systems: Single-server Queues, Multiple-server Queues, Little's Formula etc.
                (3) Higher Dimensional and Non-Markovian Queueing Systems: Queues with Overflow,
                Queues in Tandem, M/G/1 Queue etc.
                (4) Simulation: Random Numbers, Inverse Transformation Method, Acceptance-rejection etc.

Instructor: Dr Wai-Ki CHING (Room 425, Run Run Shaw Building, Email: wching@hkusua.hku.hk).

Consultation Hours:TUE 09:30--11:30 and WED 10:30--11:30

Tutor: Miss Tang LI (Run Run Shaw Building Room 205, Email: litang@hkusua.hku.hk)

Consultation Hours: .

Time Table: MON (9:30--10:20) [Main Building 122 ] WED, FRI (9:30-10:20) [Main Building 121]

Reference: S .M. Ross (2000) Introduction to Probability Models, (7th Edition) San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press. [ HKU Library Call Number : 519.2 R82 i ]

Method of Assessment: Assignments, Tests, a project and Final Examination.

Test II on 2 May. Due date for project report 4 May.

Presentation Schedule

Notes in PDF: Note One,Note Two, Note Three.

Assignments in PDF: Assignment One, Assignment Two, Assignment Three, Assignment Four.