Abstract:This thesis is about coping with variability in outcomes for complex stochastic systems. We focus on systems where jobs arrive randomly throughout time to utilise resources for a random amount of time before departure. The systems we investigate are primarily concerned with the communication and storage of data. The thesis is partitioned into two parts. The first part studies systems where Publications included in this thesis Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
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