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Summary: An extremely useful book
Review: A very useful book. A good choice for somebody who is just starting to get a feel of the subject, or someone who is looking to build a strong foundation in the area. The best feature of this book is its lucid language. There are many books in the market, which cover a lot of material but, for the average reader, are very difficult to understand. The example-based approach coupled with a comprehensive material coverage are additional selling points. I would highly recommend this book
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Summary: Must read...
Review: for every engineer, teacher, student and practitioner delving in performance and reliability modeling. For those who already have the first edition, this second edition is an extremely worthwhile "upgrade". The new examples in modeling software-reliability and fault-tolerance reflect the state of the art in respective fields. The book not only contains extensive material for learning (and teaching as well) performance and reliability modeling, but also gives insight into tons of real-life modeling problems in software, systems networking etc. Much of it through simplified, easy to follow examples and problem sets. This book will continue to be the 'gold standard' of the art of performance and reliability modeling much like the first edition was.
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Summary: Second Edition is coming
Review: I am currently working on the second edition under contract with John Wiley. In the meantime you may contact me with questions.
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Summary: Essential
Review: I took this course from Kishor a long time ago, using the first edition. The only problem with the first edition was that the bindings wore out: as a result, I've had several copies (including copies of the Indian student's edition I got while it was out of print in this country.) I did not do particularly well in the class; none the less I use the things I learned from his book literally every working day.I'm about to order a copy of the second edition. Anyone else working with these things should do so also.
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Summary: Essential
Review: I took this course from Kishor a long time ago, using the first edition. The only problem with the first edition was that the bindings wore out: as a result, I've had several copies (including copies of the Indian student's edition I got while it was out of print in this country.) I did not do particularly well in the class; none the less I use the things I learned from his book literally every working day. I'm about to order a copy of the second edition. Anyone else working with these things should do so also.
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Summary: A comprehensive book
Review: It is perhaps the most comprehensive book on reliability, availability, and performability to date. Excellent for both beginners and veterans. Good for both academic teaching/research and practical engineering. Its depth and breadth and the ample examples it provides make it extraordinarily useful.
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Summary: An Excellent Statistics Book for CS Students
Review: Second edition of "Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications" by Kishor S. Trivedi is a highly recommendable book. The concepts provided for probability theory and stochastic processes are excellent for students of communication, networking and computer science. It provides a good understanding of stochastic processes and Markov chains which are very relevant for students and teachers especially working in the speech processing area. I found the book and its contents very relevant and the examples provided could be very well related to networking and computer science, a unique aspect of this book. The students grasped the concepts well and found the problems very challenging and helpful in building up their concepts and knowledge. I had previously taught a number of other books and introduced this book last year at my University, I feel very satisfied and content with the decision of choosing this book for my students. All eleven chapters are equipped with excellent examples, problems and exercises broadening the reader's mind. The first 5 chapters constitute the probability theory while the rest of the chapters emphasize on stochastic processes very relevant to students of advanced networking and speech processing. Other books on probability and statistics usually lack an important aspect specially when used for computer science and telecommunication students. The examples and exercises not only make students learn and understand and probability and statistics concepts but also create its relevance to their very fields, therefore the book is an extremely precious gift from Prof. Trivedi specially for the students of computer science and telecommunication. An inexpensive Asian edition (paperback), a solution manual and powerpoint slides of each chapter are now available. Prof. Trivedi has done a tremendous job in introducing topics of advanced research not found before; the students gained knowledge about the modern research environment and felt confident too. This book is not only recommended for beginners but also for professionals and engineers.
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Summary: An Excellent Statistics Book for CS Students
Review: Second edition of "Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications" by Kishor S. Trivedi is a highly recommendable book. The concepts provided for probability theory and stochastic processes are excellent for students of communication, networking and computer science. It provides a good understanding of stochastic processes and Markov chains which are very relevant for students and teachers especially working in the speech processing area. I found the book and its contents very relevant and the examples provided could be very well related to networking and computer science, a unique aspect of this book. The students grasped the concepts well and found the problems very challenging and helpful in building up their concepts and knowledge. I had previously taught a number of other books and introduced this book last year at my University, I feel very satisfied and content with the decision of choosing this book for my students. All eleven chapters are equipped with excellent examples, problems and exercises broadening the reader's mind. The first 5 chapters constitute the probability theory while the rest of the chapters emphasize on stochastic processes very relevant to students of advanced networking and speech processing. Other books on probability and statistics usually lack an important aspect specially when used for computer science and telecommunication students. The examples and exercises not only make students learn and understand and probability and statistics concepts but also create its relevance to their very fields, therefore the book is an extremely precious gift from Prof. Trivedi specially for the students of computer science and telecommunication. An inexpensive Asian edition (paperback), a solution manual and powerpoint slides of each chapter are now available. Prof. Trivedi has done a tremendous job in introducing topics of advanced research not found before; the students gained knowledge about the modern research environment and felt confident too. This book is not only recommended for beginners but also for professionals and engineers.
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Summary: Solution Manual
Review: Solution manual can be obtained by contacting the author. The book is in print in India.
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Summary: A Valuable and Indispensable Book.
Review: The "Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications - 2nd edition " by Kishor S. Trivedi is a valuable reference for students and professionals. Didactically organized the eleven chapters presents the core concepts of probability theory and stochastic processes in an accessible easy-to-understand approach. The rich set of examples and exercises, based on numerous computer science and engineering real world applications, allow the readers to build their knowledge gradually.
I would like to highlight the system reliability fundamentals covered and articulate with the remains topics.
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