Borodin, Nielsen and Rackoff [5] proposed a framework for ing the main properties of greedy-like algorithms with emphasis on scheduling problems, and Davis and Impagliazzo [6] ext...
Input buffered switches with Virtual Output Queueing (VOQ) can be unstable when presented with unbalanced loads. Existing scheduling algorithms, including iSLIP for Input Queued (...
Neil J. Gunther, Kenneth J. Christensen, Kenji Yos...
A peer-to-peer model is very useful in solving the server link bottleneck problem of a client-server model. In this work, we discuss the problems of distributing multimedia content...
Surgical services require the coordination of many activities, including patient check-in and surgical preparation, surgery, and recovery after surgery. Each of these activities r...
Todd R. Huschka, Brian T. Denton, Serhat Gul, John...
Approximate dynamic programming is emerging as a powerful tool for certain classes of multistage stochastic, dynamic problems that arise in operations research. It has been applie...