Large-scale behaviour of packet-switched networks: Theoretical analysis framework

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2056, 2005, Pages 933-955

  Stepanenko, Alexander S ^a   Constantinou, Costas C ^a   Arvanitis, Theodoros N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Packet switched networks; Statistical mechanics; Traffic

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944480777     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1406     Document Type: Article

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