Queuing systems introduction
Terminology and basics.
Reading: MK1-3, DL11
Preliminary slides: Attach:dvad05-L5-6.pdf
M/M/c systems
Reading: MK4, DL11
TCP analytical performance evaluation
Reading: Handouts
Preliminary slides: Attach:dvad05-L7.pdf
An interesting read: Modeling TCP Throughput: A Simple Model and its Empirical Validation by J. Padhye, V. Firoiu, D. Towsley and J. Kurose published at SIGCOMM 1998. Available here
Queueing systems using octave
Markov processes tutorial for Matlab / Octave
TCP modelling using octave