Comprehensive update of all kinds of vacation models. Moreover, it's the first time G1/M/1 multi-server vacation models, both continuous and discrete, and the optimization and control issues are presented in a book Updates results for MAP arrival vacation models, the finite buffer models, and bulk queue or batch service vacations, all of which are discussed in a systematic treatment Stochastic decomposition theorems are established as the core of the vacation queueing theory The presentation style is unique compared with the books published in the same field – a "theorem and proof" format is used Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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