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Logistics providers typically own large fleets of transportation vehicles such as rail cars or trucks. These fleets do not only determine to a large extent the service level the company can offer, but also make up a large part of total costs. Proper management of the fleet is therefore a crucial factor for these companies. In this book the author presents planning approaches that address the optimal management of vehicle fleets. Firstly, methods for determining the mixture of vehicle types and the optimal size of a fleet are developed. Secondly, approaches for supporting new service models such as customer segmentation are derived. Potential readership includes scholars and graduate students who are interested in the field of fleet planning and practitioners from logistics companies looking for new planning approaches.

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This textbook is intended for an undergraduate/graduate course on computer networks and for introductory courses dealing with performance evaluation of computers, networks, grids and telecommunication systems. Unlike other books on the subject, this text presents a balanced approach between technology and mathematical modeling. It covers networking and grid technology, algorithms (routing, error codes, protocol verification) and analysis (probability for networking with technological examples, queueing models and divisible load scheduling theory). This self-contained text progresses systematically and gives students numerous problems at the end of each chapter. Students in electrical engineering, computer engineering and computer science departments will benefit from this book as will engineers and computer scientists working in relevant fields. A separate solutions manual is available to instructors.

Computer networks --- Network performance (Telecommunication) --- Queuing theory. --- Evaluation. --- Erlang traffic formula --- Queueing theory --- Theory of queues --- Waiting-line theory --- Production scheduling --- Stochastic processes --- Performance of telecommunication networks --- Telecommunication systems --- Systems engineering --- Telecommunication --- Performance --- Telecommunication. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Mathematics. --- Computer system performance. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Applications of Mathematics. --- System Performance and Evaluation. --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Telecommunications --- Communication --- Information theory --- Telecommuting --- Math --- Science --- Computational grids (Computer systems) --- Grid computing --- Grids, Computational (Computer systems) --- Computer systems --- Cyberinfrastructure