Optimization of Computer Networks

Index

1. ABR (Available Bit Rate)
2. absorbing states
3. ACK
   1. delayed
4. acknowledgement segment. See ACK
5. ACO (ant-colony optimization)
   1. pheromones
6. Active Queue Management. See AQM
7. adaptive routing
   1. blocking probability
   2. dual algorithm
   3. non-bifurcated instability
   4. primal algorithm
8. admissible directions
9. admissible path
10. AIMD (Additive Increase Multiplicative Decrease)
11. algorithm complexity
    1. asymptotic
    2. cubic
    3. deterministic algorithm
    4. non-deterministic algorithm
    5. notations
    6. quadratic
    7. space
    8. sub-polynomial
    9. types
    10. worst-case
12. algorithmic problem
13. algorithms
    1. centralized
    2. distributed
    3. stop condition
14. Aloha-type algorithm
15. anycast
    1. demands
    2. routing
16. approximation ratio
17. AQM (Active Queue Management)
18. aspiration criterion. See TS (tabu search), aspiration criterion
19. asynchronous algorithm. See partially asynchronous algorithm
20. ATM
21. availability
    1. five nines
    2. general model
    3. simplified model
    4. typical values
22. Available Bit Rate (ABR)
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24. backlog
25. back-off time (CSMA)
    1. Binary Exponential Backoff (BEB)
    2. IEEE
    3. optimization. See CSMA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access), backoff optimization
    4. simplified model
26. back-pressure routing
    1. in cross-layer congestion control
    2. pressure difference threshold
27. ball
28. bandwidth, unused
29. bandwidth assignment problem. See congestion control
30. bandwidth-delay product
31. barrier functions
32. barrier method. See interior penalty method
33. base stations. See BS
34. BGP Link-State (BGP-LS)
35. Binary Exponential Backoff (BEB)
36. binary programs
37. blocking probability
    1. complete sharing
    2. link model
    3. load sharing
    4. multicast
    5. multiclass ...