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Abstract: This paper presents some results concerning the functional and performance analysis of sequential processes connected through buffers using structural analysis techniques, mainly linear algebraic ones. From the functional point of view the following properties are considered: boundedness, deadlock-freness, liveness and the existence of home states. From the performance point of view the considered properties are marking ergodicity, computation of visit ratios and computation of insensitive throughput bounds.