A flow and routing control policy for communication networks with multiple competitive users

Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 343, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-180

  Sahin, Ismet ^a   Simaan, Marwan A ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication networks; Flow control; Game theory; Routing control

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW CONTROL; GAME THEORY; THROUGHPUT; UTILITY PROGRAMS;

NASH EQUILIBRIUM; NETWORK LINKS; PREFERENCE CONSTANTS; ROUTING CONTROL;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 31944447626     PISSN: 00160032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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