Recent Research in Queuing Theory and Stochastic Models

Dear Colleagues,

The purpose of this special issue is to contribute to the queueing theory and stochastic models with novel papers. Queueing models are one of the most well-known theories of stochastic models, and their progress and development are increasing exponentially since A.K. Erlang (1917) and T.O. Engset (1918) who studied communications networks and their congestion problems. A server, a waiting line and an arriving flow of customers stand as a basis of any queueing model. The way in which these items are considered and various disciplines to which they are attached open a wide range of possibilities to handling situations that arise in real-life problems.

Nowadays, some concepts such as sojourn times and busy periods have become quite relevant due to their importance in traffic engineering, telecommunications and computer systems.

As for the time concept in queueing systems, let us note that these systems have been traditionally considered in a context of continuous time but in the last two decades there has been an increasing interest in the study of discrete-time queueing systems since they are more suitable than their continuous counterpart for computer modelling and telecommunication systems.

Any relevant papers related to the queueing systems and stochastic models are welcome.

Dr. Ivan Atencia
Dr. José Luis Galán-García
Guest Editors

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