Interconnection networks consist of a set of switches interconnected by point-to-point links, and hosts linked to those switches through a network interface card. These networks are becoming increasingly popular as a cost-effective alternative to parallel computers. One of the most wellknown example is the Myrinet network. These networks use techniques and incorporate components that have been ...

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Renewable energy assisted heterogeneous networks can improve system capacity and reduce conventional energy consumption. In this paper, we propose a semi-Markov decision process (SMDP)-based downlink packet scheduling scheme for solar energy assisted heterogeneous networks (HetNets), where solar radiation is modeled as a continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) and the arrivals of multi-class downli...

Buffer capacity allocation problems for flow-line manufacturing systems with unreliable machines are studied. These problems arise in a wide range of manufacturing systems and concern determining buffer capacities with respect to a given optimality criterion which can depend on the average production rate of the line, buffer cost, inventory cost, etc. Here, this problem is proven to be NP-hard ...

THEORETICAL INTRODUCTION The main selection criteria for individual tests and test batteries used to select military pilot applicants are the construct and criterion validity, the overall cost of testing and the time requirements. Naturally, the derivation of decisions from a test battery requires a sufficiently high correlation between the tests and the criterion variable. However, recent meta...

Classical queuing network control strategies typically rely on accurate knowledge of model data, i.e., arrival and service rates. However, such data are not always available may be time-variant. To address this challenge, we consider a class data-independent (MDI) policies that only traffic state observation topology. In article, focus the MDI can stabilize multiclass Markovian networks under c...

Stating a confidence interval is a traditional method of indicating the sampling error of a point estimator of a model’s performance measure. We propose a single dimensionless criterion, inspired by Schruben’s coverage function, for evaluating and comparing the statistical quality of confidenceinterval procedures. Procedure quality is usually thought to be multidimensional, composed of the mean...