The Gerber-Shiu discounted penalty function is considered for a class of delayed renewal risk processes. Special cases of the model include the stationary renewal risk model and the situation where the time until the first claim is exponentially distributed. A mathematically tractable formula is derived for the Gerber-Shiu function, and consequently for quantities associated with the deficit at...

It is reported in the literature that a TCP connection with small window size achieves high throughput in wireless multihop networks. In this paper, we claim that TCP can benefit more from delaying ACK rather than limiting the window size. Since the induced delay may result in lengthy transfer time for short connections, we propose an adaptive delayed ACK algorithm at the receiver to enhance TC...

I argue that God’s holiness as conceived in Hebrew Scripture grounds human obligations to obey divine commands. To disobey the commands of a holy God would disrespect basic good, which we have decisive reason avoid doing. may be somewhat obscure property––though propose transcendence and perfect morality necessary conditions––but His omniscience guarantee He not command beings do things ground ...