Performance Models and Risk Management in Communications Systems

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Nalân Gülpınar, Peter G. Harrison, Berc Rustem
Springer, Nov 2, 2010 - Business & Economics - 257 pages

This volume covers recent developments in the design, operation, and management of mobile telecommunication and computer systems.

Uncertainty regarding loading and system parameters leads to challenging optimization and robustness issues. Stochastic modeling combined with optimization theory ensures the optimum end-to-end performance of telecommunication or computer network systems. In view of the diverse design options possible, supporting models have many adjustable parameters and choosing the best set for a particular performance objective is delicate and time-consuming. An optimization based approach determines the optimal possible allocation for these parameters.

Researchers and graduate students working at the interface of telecommunications and operations research will benefit from this book. Due to the practical approach, this book will also serve as a reference tool for scientists and engineers in telecommunication and computer networks who depend upon optimization.

 

Contents

Distributed and Robust Rate Control for Communication Networks
1
A GameTheoretic Approach to Security Risk Management
33
Computationally Supported Quantitative Risk Management for Information Systems
54
CardinalityConstrained Critical Node Detection Problem
79
ReliabilityBased Routing Algorithms for EnergyAware Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks
92
Opportunistic Scheduling with Deadline Constraints in Wireless Networks
127
A Hybrid Polyhedral Uncertainty Modelfor the Robust Network Loading Problem
157
Analytical Modelling of IEEE 80211e Enhanced Distributed Channel Access Protocol in Wireless LANs
173
Dynamic Overlay SingleDomain Contracting for EndtoEnd Contract Switching
191
Modelling a Grid Market Economy
224
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