Agent-based throughput response in presence of node and/or link failure (on demand) for circuit switched telecommunication networks

Computer Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-238

  Mavromoustakis, Constandinos X ^a   Karatza, Helen D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ant system; Decentralized schemes; Intelligent mobile agents; Swarm intelligence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; ROUTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

ANT SYSTEMS; DECENTRALIZED SCHEMES; INTELLIGENT MOBILE AGENTS; SWARM INTELLIGENCE;

SWITCHING NETWORKS;

EID: 0742285652     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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