Optimization in task-completion networks

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2008, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Dall'Asta, L ^a   Marsili, M ^a   Pin, P ^a,b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Network dynamics; Stochastic processes; Supply and information networks; Traffic and crowd dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549116335     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2008/02/P02003     Document Type: Article

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