The dyadic stream merging algorithm

Journal of Algorithms

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 120-137

  Coffman Jr , E G ^a   Jelenković, Predrag ^a   Momčilović, Petar ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Average case analysis; Stream merging; Video on demand

Indexed keywords

MERGING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SERVERS; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

AVERAGE-CASE ANALYSIS; DYADIC STREAM MERGING ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0036557539     PISSN: 01966774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jagm.2002.1220     Document Type: Article

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