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MISTRAL has ended in September 2003. Its successor is MAESTRO.

2003 Publications


Appeared



Yet to appear or submitted


  • R. El-Azouzi, M. Abbad and E. Altman
    "A Taylor series expansion for Hinfinity control of perturbed Markov jump linear system"
    To appear in the Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games, 2003.


  • F. Clévenot, P. Nain and K. W. Ross
    "Stochastic Fluid Models for Cache Clusters"
    INRIA Research Report RR-4815. To appear in Performance Evaluation.




Thesis


  • N. Malouch
    "Providing better than best-effort service in the Internet: models and algorithms"
    Ph.D. thesis, Department of Sciences, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, January 3, 2003.


2002 Publications


  • P. Nain
    "Impact of Bursty Traffic on Queues"
    Statistical Inference for Stochastic Processes, Vol. 5, pp. 307-320, 2002.


  • A. Nowak, E. Altman
    "Epsilon-Equilibria for Stochastic Games with Uncountable State Space and Unbounded Costs"(pdf file )
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 1821-1839, 2002.


  • R. Groenevelt, G. Koole, P. Nain
    "On the Bias Vector of a Two-Class Preemptive Priority Queue"
    MMOR (Mathematical Methods in Operations Research), Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 107-120, 2002.


  • Z. Pan, E. Altman, T. Basar
    "Robust Adaptive Flow Control in High Speed Telecommunication Networks"(ps file )
    Applied and Computational Mathematics, 1, No. 2, 2002.


  • T. Alpcan , T. Basar, R. Srikant , E. Altman
    "CDMA uplink power control as a noncooperative game"(ps file )
    Wireless Networks, Vol. 8, Issue 6, pp. 659-670, 2002.


  • T. Boulogne, E. Altman, O. Pourtallier
    "On the convergence to equilibrium in a problem of parallel computing" ( pdf file )
    Annals of Operations Research, No. 109(1), pp. 279-291, January 2002.


  • K. Avratchenkov, U. Ayesta , E. Altman, P. Nain , C. Barakat
    "The effect of router buffer size on the TCP performance" (ps file, pdf file)
    Proceedings of LONIIS Workshop on Telecommunication Networks and Teletraffic Theory, St.Petersburg, Russia, pp. 116-121, January 2002.


  • E. Altman
    "Stochastic recursive equations with applications to queues with dependent vacations" (ps file)
    Annals of Operations Research, No. 112(1), pp. 43-61, April 2002.


  • P. Dube, E. Altman
    "Queueing Analysis of Early Message Discarding Policy"(pdf file )
    Proceedings of the IEEE ICC 2002 Conference, April 28-May 2, 2002, New York City, USA.


  • N. Malouch , Z. Liu , D. Rubenstein, S. Sahu
    "A Graph Theoretic Approach to Bounding Delay in Proxy-Assisted, End-System Multicast"(pdf file)
    IWQoS'2002 (Tenth International Workshop on Quality of Service), Miami Beach, May 15-17, 2002.


  • P. Dube, E. Altman
    "Utility Analysis of Simple FEC Schemes for Voice over IP" (pdf file)
    Proceedings of IFIP Networking 2002, May 19-24, 2002, Pisa, Italy.


  • P. Dube, Omar Ait-Hellal, E. Altman
    "On Loss Probabilities in Presence of Redundant Packets with Random Drop"(pdf file )
    Proceedings of IFIP Networking 2002, May 19-24, 2002, Pisa, Italy.
    Awarded Best Student Paper.


  • P. Dube, E. Altman
    "Fluid Analysis of Early Message Discard Policy Under Heavy Traffic"(ps file)
    Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM 2002 Conference, pp. 1307-1315, June 23-27, 2002, New York City, USA.


  • T. Boulogne, E. Altman, H. Kameda, O. Pourtallier
    "Mixed equilibrium for multiclass routing games"(ps file)
    IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Special issue on Control issues in telecommunication networks, Vol 47, No 6, pp. 903-916, June 2002.


  • E. Altman, T. Basar, R. Srikant
    "Nash Equilibria for Combined Flow Control and Routing in Networks: Asymptotic Behavior for a Large Number of Users"(pdf file )
    IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Special issue on control issues in telecommunication networks, Vol 47, No 6, pp. 917-930, June 2002.


  • C. Barakat, E. Altman
    "Bandwidth Tradeoff between TCP and Link-Level FEC"(ps file)
    Communication Networks, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 133-150, June 2002.


  • E. Altman, C. Barakat, V. M. Ramos-Ramos
    "Queuing analysis of simple FEC schemes for Voice over IP"(ps file)
    Communications Networks, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 185-206, June 2002.


  • E. Altman, K. Avratchenkov, C. Barakat, R. Nunez Queija
    "State dependent M/G/1 queueing analysis for congestion control in data networks"(ps file)
    Communication Networks, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 789-808, June 2002.


  • E. Altman, H. Kameda , Y. Hosokawa
    "Nash Equilibria in Load Balancing in Distributed Computer Systems"(pdf file )
    International Game Theory Review (IGTR), Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 91-100, June 2002.


  • P. Dube, Vivek Borkar, D. Manjunath
    "Differential Join Prices for Parallel Queues: Social Optimality, Dynamic Pricing Algorithm and Applications to Internet Pricing"(pdf file )
    Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM 2002 Conference, pp. 276-283, June 23-27,2002, New York City, USA.


  • S. Alouf, E. Altman, P. Nain
    "Optimal On-Line Estimation of the Size of a Dynamic Multicast Group)"
    Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM 2002 Conference, pp. 1109-1118, June 23-27, 2002, New York City, USA.


  • E. Altman, K. Avrachenkov, C. Barakat
    "TCP Network Calculus: The Case of Large Delay-Bandwidth Product" (ps file)
    Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM 2002 Conference, pp. 417-426, June 23-27, 2002, New York City, USA.


  • E. Altman, R. El-Azouzi, T. Basar, R. Srikant
    "Combined Competitive Flow Control and Routing Games" (ps file)
    Tenth International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications Workshop, Petrozavodsk, Russia, July 12-15, 2002.


  • E. Altman, J. Galtier, C. Touati
    "Nash Bargaining Allocations with Applications to Mobile and Satellite Communications"
    Tenth International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications Workshop, Petrozavodsk, Russia, July 12-15, 2002.
    An extended version of this talk has been submitted to Computer Networks Journal (Elsevier).


  • E. Altman, J. Galtier, C. Touati
    "Semi-Definite Programming Approach for Bandwidth Allocation and Routing in Networks"
    Tenth International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications Workshop, Petrozavodsk, Russia, July 12-15, 2002.
    An extended version of the talk is submitted to the special issue of the serial Game Theory and Applications, vol 9.


  • E. Altman, R. Hassin
    "Non-Threshold Equilibrium fot Customers Joining an M/G/1 Queue" (ps file)
    Tenth International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications Workshop, Petrozavodsk, Russia, July 12-15, 2002.


  • E. Altman, K. Avrachenkov, J.A. Filar
    "An Asymptotic Simplex Method and Markov Decision Processes"
    Tenth International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications Workshop, Petrozavodsk, Russia, July 12-15, 2002.


  • R. El-Azouzi
    "Avoiding Paradox in Routing Games in Networks when Travel Demand is Elastic" (ps file)
    Proceeding of the Tenth International Symposium on Dynamic Game and Applications, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, July 2002.


  • S. Alouf, F. Huet, P. Nain
    "Forwarders vs. Centralized Server: An Evaluation of two Approaches for Locating Mobile Agents"
    Proceedings of the PERFORMANCE 2002 Conference September 23-27, 2002, Rome, Italy.
    Published in Performance Evaluation, Vol. 49, No. 1-4, pp. 299-319, 2002.


  • E. Altman, R. El-Azouzi , V. Abramov
    "Non-Cooperative Routing in Loss Networks" (INRIA Research Report RR-4405)
    Proceedings of the PERFORMANCE 2002 Conference, September 23-27, 2002, Rome, Italy.
    Published in Performance Evaluation, Vol. 49, No. 1-4, pp. 257-272, 2002.


  • E. Altman, T. Jimenez , R. Nunez Queija
    "Analysis of two competing TCP/IP connections" (CWI Research Report PNA-R0118)
    Proceedings of the PERFORMANCE 2002 Conference, September 23-27, 2002, Rome, Italy.
    Published in Performance Evaluation, Vol. 49, No. 1-4, pp. 43-55, 2002.


  • E. Biersack, A. Jean-Marie, P. Nain
    "Open-Loop Video Distribution with Support of VCR Functionality"
    Proceedings of the PERFORMANCE 2002 Conference, September 23-27, 2002, Rome, Italy.
    Published in Performance Evaluation, Vol. 49, No. 1-4, pp. 411-427, 2002.


  • E. Altman
    "Capacity of Multi-service CDMA Cellular Networks with Best-Effort Applications" (INRIA research report RR-4392)
    Proceedings of the ACM MobiCom 2002 Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Sept. 23-28, 2002.


  • J.A. Filar, E. Altman, K. Avrachenkov
    "An Asymptotic Simplex Method for Singularly Pertubed Linear Programs"
    Operations Research Letters, Vol. 30, Issue 5, pp. 295-307, October 2002.


  • N. Hegde, K. Avrachenkov
    "Service Differentiation and Guarantees for TCP-based Elastic Traffic" (pdf file)
    Proceedings of International Workshop on Quality of future Internet Services (QofIS'02), October 16-18 2002, Zurich Switzerland.


  • E. Altman, J. Galtier, C. Touati
    "Utility Based Fair Bandwidth Allocation"(pdf file)
    Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Networks, Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications (NPDPA 2002), October 2002, Tsukuba, Japan.


  • E. Altman, J. Galtier, C. Touati
    "Fair power and transmission rate control in wireless networks" (ps file)
    Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom 2002 Conference, November 2002, Taipei, Taiwan.


  • N. Malouch , Z. Liu
    "Performance Analysis of TCP with RIO Routers"(pdf file)
    Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom 2002 Conference, November 2002, Taipei, Taiwan.


  • R. El-Azouzi, E. Altman, O. Pourtallier
    "Properties of Equilibria in Routing Problems in Networks with Several Types" (ps file)
    Proceedings of 41th IEEE Conference on Decision and control, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, December, 2002.


Thesis


  • S. Alouf
    "Parameter estimation and performance analysis of several network applications" (ps file, pdf file)
    Ph.D. thesis, Department of Sciences, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, November 8, 2002.


  • P. Dube
    "Performance evaluation of congestion phenomena in communication networks"
    Ph.D. thesis, Department of Sciences, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, September 18, 2002.


2001 Publications


Thesis


  • Chadi Barakat
    "Performance Evaluation of TCP Congestion Control"(ps file)
    PhD Thesis in Computer Sciences, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, April 2001.


2000 Publications

  • R. El-Azouzi, M. Abbad, E. Altman
    "Perturbation of linear quadratic systems with jump parameters and hybrid controls"
    ZOR-Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 51, No. 3, 2000.


  • H. Kameda , E. Altman , T. Kozawa, Y. Hosokawa
    "Braess-like Paradoxes in Distributed Computer Systems"(ps file)
    IEEE Transaction on Automatic control, Vol 45, No 9, pp. 1687-1691, 2000.


  • G. Koole, P. Nain
    "On the Value Function of a Priority Queue with an Application to a Controlled Polling Model"
    QUESTA, Vol. 34, pp. 199-214, 2000.


  • E. Altman, C. Barakat, E. Laborde, P. Brown, D. Collange
    "Fairness Analysis of TCP/IP"(ps file)
    Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC'00), Sydney, Australia, December 2000.


  • E. Altman, B. Gaujal, A. Hordijk
    "Simplex convexity, with application to open loop stochastic control in networks"
    Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC'00), Sydney, Australia, December 2000.


  • R. El-Azouzi, E. Altman, V. Gaitsgory
    "The averaging principle for perturbations of continuous time control problems with fast controlled jump parameters"(ps file )
    Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC'00), Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2000.


  • H. Kameda, E. Altman, O. Pourtallier
    "Analytic study of mixed optima in symmetric distributed computer systems"
    Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Adelaide, Australia, December 18-21, 2000.


  • R. El-Azouzi, M. Abbad, E. Altman
    "A Taylor series expansion for H-infinity control of perturbed Markov jump linear systems"(ps file )
    Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Adelaide, Australia, December 18-21 2000.


  • T. Boulogne, E. Altman, O. Pourtallier
    "On the convergence to equilibrium in a problem of parallel computing"
    Proceeding of the 9th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Adelaide, Australia, December 18-21 2000.


  • T. Boulogne, E. Altman, H. Kameda, O. Pourtallier
    "Mixed equilibrium for multiclass routing games"(ps file)
    Proceeding of the 9th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Adelaide, Australia, December 18-21 2000.


  • E. Altman, K. Avratchenkov, C. Barakat, P. Dube
    "TCP over a multi-state Markovian Path"(ps file)
    Proceedings of the International Conference on Performance and QoS of Next Generation Networks, P& Q Net 2000, Nov. 27-30, 2000, Nagoya, Japan.


  • P. Dube, E. Altman
    "On Fluid Analysis of Queues with Selective Message Discarding Policies"(ps file)
    Proceedings of 38th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, October 4-6, 2000, Monticelio, Illinois, USA.


  • C. Barakat, E. Altman
    "On ACK filtering on a slow reverse channel"(ps file)
    Proceedings of the first international workshop on Quality of future Internet Services (Qofis), Berlin, Germany, September 2000. (Best student paper award).
    A more detailed version: INRIA Research Report RR-3908, March 2000.


  • C. Barakat, E. Altman
    "A Markovian Model for TCP analysis in a differentiated services network"(ps file)
    Proceedings of the first international workshop on Quality of future Internet Services (Qofis), Berlin, Germany, September 2000.


  • E. Altman, K. Avratchenkov C. Barakat
    "A stochastic model of TCP/IP with stationary random losses"(ps file)
    ACM Sigcomm, Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, Stockholm, Sweden, 2000. (see also INRIA Research Report RR-3824 )


  • H. Kameda, E. Altman, O. Pourtallier, J. Li, Y. Hosokawa
    "Paradoxes in Performance Optimization of Distributed Systems"(ps file)
    Proceedings of SSGRR 2000 Computer and ebusiness conference, l'Aquila, Italy, Jul 31 - Aug 6, 2000.


  • S. Sahu, P. Nain, D. Towsley, C. Diot, V. Firiou
    "On Achievable Service Differentiation with Token Bucket Marking for TCP"
    Proc. of the ACM SIGMETRICS'2000 Int. Conf. on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, Santa Clara, CA, USA, June 18-21, 2000.


  • E. Altman, K. Avratchenkov, C. Barakat
    "TCP in presence of bursty losses"(ps file)
    Proceedings of Sigmetrics, Santa Clara, California, June 18-21, 2000.
    An extended version in Performance Evaluation , Vol. 42, Issues 2-3, pp. 129-147, 2000.


  • C. Barakat, E. Altman
    "Performance of short TCP transfers"(ps file)
    Proceedings of IFIP-TC6 Networking, Paris, France, May 14-19, 2000.


  • E. Altman, T. Basar, T. Jimenez , N. Shimkin
    "Competitive routing in networks with polynomial cost"(ps file)
    Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, March, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2000.


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