Optimal dynamic server allocation in systems with on/off sources

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4748 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 186-199

  Siegers, Joris ^a   Mitrani, Isi ^a   Thomas, Nigel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bursty arrival sources; Dynamic optimization; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

BURSTY ARRIVAL SOURCES; MODELING DECISIONS; OPTIMAL DYNAMIC;

DECISION MAKING; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

SERVERS;

EID: 38349044473     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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