In: Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, Vol. 20, No. 1--5; Proceedings of Traffic Theories for Telecommunications Services: ITC Specialist Seminar, 1989, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pages 271-275. December 1990.
Abstract: The paper recognises the significance and limitations of product form solutions in performance analysis and discusses some recent extensions which are applicable not only to networks of queues but also to stochastic Petri nets.
Keywords: performance analysis; product form solution; stochastic net.