Numerical Methods for Solving Discrete Event Systems: With Applications to Queueing Systems

Winfried Grassmann completed his Ph.D. at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, in 1967 with summa cum laude. After four years working as an operations research analyst at Swissair, the Swiss flag carrier, He joined the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, to teach operations research and computer science. Author of three books and numerous articles, Grassmann introduced the randomization method as a numerical tool and invented the Grassmann-Taksar-Heyman (GTH) method.

Javad Tavakoli holds a PhD in Categorical Algebra from Dalhousie University, NS, Canada. In 1996 he proudly had the opportunity to meet with Winfried Grassmann at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, where he started his new research area in Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes. Javad Tavakoli has been a researcher and educator at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada since 2003. He published a number of papers in Queuing Theory, mostly with Winfried Grassmann. Javad Tavakoli also has received several awards for teaching excellence and published a pre-calculus book from the indigenous perspective.