The scaling hypothesis: Simplifying the prediction of network performance using scaled-down simulations

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-40

  Psounis, Konstantinos ^a   Pan, Rong ^a   Prabhakar, Balaji ^a   Wischik, Damon ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETWORK PERFORMANCE; NETWORK SIMULATIONS; QUEUE MANAGEMENT SCHEMES; SCALED-DOWN SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUEUEING NETWORKS;

INTERNET;

EID: 16244423141     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 01464833     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/774763.774768     Document Type: Conference Paper

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