ADAPTIVE SAMPLING FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT By EDWIN A. HERNANDEZ A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

2000 ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank God, my parents, and my beloved sisters for their help and support throughout the development of this thesis. Special thanks go to the Fulbright Commission and the Institute of International Education for the continuous monetary support required to complete this work. Thanks to Dr. George for his suggestions, guidance, patience, and support. My gratitude also goes to all the members of the HCS Lab (CG's and ITMSB), to my and especially to Matt for all his help and suggestions correcting the manuscripts and providing useful ideas for this thesis. Finally, I would like to thank Dr. Arroyo and Dr. Lam for taking part of their time to review this thesis and form part of my committee.