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2013 Publications

[Ph.D. theses] [HDR theses] [Papers in journals] [Papers in refereed conferences] [Posters] [Invited papers] [Research reports] [Book chapters]

Ph.D. theses

  • M. K. Hanawal.
    Analysis of Spatial and Economical Effects in Communication Networks, Université d'Avignon, November 2013, Ph.D. Thesis.
    http://hal.inria.fr/tel-00937510

Papers in journals

  • A. Ali, M. Panda, T. Chahed, E. Altman.
    Improving the transport performance in delay tolerant networks by random linear network coding and global acknowledgments, in: Ad Hoc Networks, November 2013, vol. 11, no 8, pp. 2567-2587. [ DOI : 10.1016/j.adhoc.2013.07.004 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00916916
  • E. Altman.
    A stochastic game approach for competition over popularity in social networks, in: Dynamic Games and Applications, June 2013, vol. 3, no 2, pp. 313-323. [ DOI : 10.1007/s13235-012-0057-4 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00681959
  • E. Altman, A. P. Azad, T. Basar, F. De Pellegrini.
    Combined Optimal Control of Activation and Transmission in Delay-Tolerant Networks, in: IIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, April 2013, vol. 21, no 2, pp. 482-494. [ DOI : 10.1109/TNET.2012.2206079 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00918695
  • E. Altman, P. Bernhard, S. Caron, G. Kesidis, J. Rojas-Mora, S. Wong.
    A model of network neutrality with usage-based prices, in: Telecommunication Systems, February 2013, vol. 52, no 2, pp. 601-609, Available electronically by Springer since 2011. [ DOI : 10.1007/s11235-011-9504-6 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926718
  • E. Altman, P. Nain, A. Shwartz, Y. Xu.
    Predicting the Impact of Measures Against P2P Networks: Transient Behavior and Phase Transition, in: IIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, June 2013, vol. 21, no 3, pp. 935-949. [ DOI : 10.1109/TNET.2012.2217505 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00917174
  • E. Altman, L. Sassatelli, F. De Pellegrini.
    Dynamic Control of Coding for Progressive Packet Arrivals in DTNs, in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, February 2013, vol. 12, no 2, pp. 725-735. [ DOI : 10.1109/TWC.2012.122212.120196 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00917413
  • K. Avrachenkov, U. Ayesta, J. Doncel, P. Jacko.
    Congestion control of TCP flows in Internet routers by means of index policy, in: Computer Networks, December 2013, vol. 57, no 17, pp. 3463-3478. [ DOI : 10.1016/j.comnet.2013.08.001 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926612
  • K. Avrachenkov, L. Cottatellucci, L. Maggi.
    Confidence Intervals for the Shapley-Shubik Power Index in Markovian Games, in: Dynamic Games and Applications, March 2013. [ DOI : 10.1007/s13235-013-0079-6 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926484
  • K. Avrachenkov, L. Cottatellucci, L. Maggi.
    Cooperative Markov decision processes: time consistency, greedy players satisfaction, and cooperation maintenance, in: International Journal of Game Theory, February 2013, vol. 42, no 1, pp. 239-262. [ DOI : 10.1007/s00182-012-0343-9 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926471
  • K. Avrachenkov, L. Cottatellucci, L. Maggi, Y.-H. Mao.
    Maximum entropy mixing time of circulant Markov processes, in: Statistics and Probability Letters, March 2013, vol. 83, no 3, pp. 768-773. [ DOI : 10.1016/j.spl.2012.11.022 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926517
  • K. Avrachenkov, J.-B. Lasserre.
    Analytic perturbation of generalized inverses, in: Linear Algebra and its Applications, February 2013, vol. 438, no 4, pp. 1793-1813. [ DOI : 10.1016/j.laa.2011.10.037 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926609
  • K. Avrachenkov, P. Nain, U. Yechiali.
    A retrial system with two input streams and two orbit queues, in: Queueing Systems, August 2013. [ DOI : 10.1007/s11134-013-9372-8 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926499
  • K. Avrachenkov, A. Piunovskiy, Z. Yi.
    Markov processes with restart, in: Journal of Applied Probability, December 2013, vol. 50, no 4, pp. 960-968.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926629
  • J. Elias, F. Martignon, L. Chen, E. Altman.
    Joint Operator Pricing and Network Selection Game in Cognitive Radio Networks: Equilibrium, System Dynamics and Price of Anarchy, in: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, November 2013, vol. 62, no 9, pp. 4576-4589. [ DOI : 10.1109/TVT.2013.2264294 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913254
  • K. Erdlenbruch, A. Jean-Marie, M. Moreaux, M. Tidball.
    Optimality of impulse harvesting policies, in: Economic Theory, March 2013, vol. 52, no 2, pp. 429-459. [ DOI : 10.1007/s00199-011-0650-6 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00862924
  • D. Fiems, E. Altman.
    Markov-modulated stochastic recursive equations with applications to delay-tolerant networks, in: Performance Evaluation, November 2013, vol. 70, no 11, pp. 965-980. [ DOI : 10.1016/j.peva.2013.06.001 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00916920
  • M. Haddad, E. Altman, D. Fiems, J. Gaillard.
    Paradoxes in Semi-Dynamic Evolutionary Power Control Game: When Intuition Fools You!, in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, November 2013, vol. 12, no 11, pp. 5728-5739. [ DOI : 10.1109/TWC.2013.101613.122041 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913143
  • Y. Hayel, E. V. Belmega, E. Altman.
    Hawks and Doves in a Dynamic Framework, in: Dynamic Games and Applications, March 2013, vol. 3, no 1, pp. 24-37. [ DOI : 10.1007/s13235-012-0052-9 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00741839
  • V. Kavitha, E. Altman, R. El-Azouzi, R. Sundaresan.
    Fair Scheduling in Cellular Systems in the Presence of Noncooperative Mobiles, in: IIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, April 2013, Early Access Article. [ DOI : 10.1109/TNET.2013.2253562 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913209
  • B. Liu, O. Dousse, P. Nain, D. Towsley.
    Dynamic Coverage of Mobile Sensor Networks, in: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, February 2013, vol. 24, no 2, pp. 301-311. [ DOI : 10.1109/TPDS.2012.141 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00933306
  • F. Prieur, A. Jean-Marie, M. Tidball.
    Growth and Irreversible Pollution: Are Emission Permits a Means of Avoiding Environmental and Poverty Traps?, in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, March 2013, vol. 17, no 2, pp. 261-293. [ DOI : 10.1017/S1365100511000113 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00862922
  • A. Silva, H. Tembine, E. Altman, M. Debbah.
    Optimum and Equilibrium in Assignment Problems With Congestion: Mobile Terminals Association to Base Stations, in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, August 2013, vol. 58, no 8, pp. 2018-2031. [ DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2013.2250072 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913217
  • C. Singh, E. Altman, A. Kumar, R. Sundaresan.
    Optimal forwarding in Delay Tolerant Networks with Multiple Destinations, in: IIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, January 2013, vol. 21, no 6, pp. 1812 - 1826. [ DOI : 10.1109/TNET.2012.2233494 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00918679
  • X. Zhang, G. Neglia, J. Kurose, D. Towsley, H. Wang.
    Benefits of Network Coding in Disruption Tolerant Networks, in: IIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, October 2013, vol. 21, no 5, pp. 1407-1420. [ DOI : 10.1109/TNET.2012.2224369 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00923352

Papers in refereed conferences and workshops

  • M. J. Abdel-Rahman, H. Rahbari, M. Krunz, P. Nain.
    Fast and secure rendezvous protocols for mitigating control channel DoS attacks, in: IEEE INFOCOM - 32nd International Conference on Computer Communications, Turin, Italy, April 2013, pp. 370-374, Presented at the Mini-Conference. [ DOI : 10.1109/INFCOM.2013.6566797 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00933316
  • E. Altman, I. Brunetti.
    A Markov Decision Evolutionary Game for the study of a Dynamic Hawk and Dove Problem, in: ISDG - 9th Workshop of the International Society of Dynamic Games, Barcelona, Spain, July 2013.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00918783
  • E. Altman, F. De Pellegrini, R. El-Azouzi, D. Miorandi, T. Jimenez.
    Emergence of equilibria from individual strategies in online content diffusion, in: IEEE NetSciCom - 5th International Workshop on Network Science for Communication Networks, Turin, Italy, April 2013, pp. 181-186. [ DOI : 10.1109/INFCOMW.2013.6562879 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913225
  • E. Altman, T. Jimenez.
    Admission control to an M/M/1 queue with partial information, in: ASMTA - 20th International Conference on Analytical & Stochastic Modelling Techniques & Applications, Ghent, Belgium, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, July 2013, vol. 7984, pp. 12-21. [ DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-39408-9_2 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00918808
  • E. Altman, P. Kumar, S. Venkatramanan, A. Kumar.
    Competition Over Timeline in Social Networks, in: SNAA - 3rd Workshop on Social Network Analysis in Applications (in conjunction with the 2013 IEEE/ACM ASONAM conference), Niagara falls, Canada, August 2013.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00917122
  • K. Avrachenkov, L. Cottatellucci, L. Maggi.
    Dynamic rate allocation in Markovian quasi-static multiple access channels: A game theoretic approach, in: WiOpt - 11th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, Tsukuba, Japan, May 2013, pp. 162-169.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926490
  • K. Avrachenkov, P. Gonçalves, M. Sokol.
    On the Choice of Kernel and Labelled Data in Semi-supervised Learning Methods, in: WAW - 10th International Workshop on Algorithms and Models for the Web Graph, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, December 2013, vol. 8305, pp. 56-67. [ DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-03536-9_5 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00924132
  • K. Avrachenkov, N. Litvak, V. Medyanikov, M. Sokol.
    Alpha current flow betweenness centrality, in: WAW - 10th International Workshop on Algorithms and Models for the Web Graph, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, December 2013, vol. 8305, pp. 106-117. [ DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-03536-9_9 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926438
  • I. Brunetti, E. Altman.
    Revisiting Evolutionary Game Theory, in: IEEE CDC - 52nd Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, December 2013.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00918806
  • N. Choungmo Fofack, S. Alouf.
    Modeling modern DNS caches, in: VALUETOOLS - 7th International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, Turin, Italy, December 2013.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00907759
  • D. Ciullo, V. Martina, M. Garetto, E. Leonardi.
    How much can large-scale Video-On-Demand benefit from users' cooperation?, in: IEEE INFOCOM - 32nd International Conference on Computer Communications, Turin, Italy, April 2013, pp. 2724-2732. [ DOI : 10.1109/INFCOM.2013.6567081 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00758986
  • R. Combes, Z. Altman, E. Altman.
    Coordination of autonomic functionalities in communications networks, in: WiOpt - 11th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, Tsukuba, Japan, May 2013, pp. 364-371.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913245
  • R. Combes, Z. Altman, E. Altman.
    Interference coordination in wireless networks: A flow-level perspective, in: IEEE INFOCOM - 32nd International Conference on Computer Communications, Turin, Italy, April 2013, pp. 2841-2849. [ DOI : 10.1109/INFCOM.2013.6567094 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913239
  • G. Di Bella, L. Giarré, M. Ippolito, A. Jean-Marie, G. Neglia, I. Tinnirello.
    Modeling Energy Demand Aggregators for Residential Consumers, in: IEEE CDC - 52nd Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, December 2013.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00923337
  • M. El Chamie, G. Neglia, K. Avrachenkov.
    Reducing Communication Overhead for Average Consensus, in: IFIP Networking - 12th International Conference on Networking, Brooklyn, New York, United States, May 2013, pp. 1-9.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00916136
  • J. Gaillard, M. El Bèze, E. Altman, E. Ethis.
    Flash reactivity: adaptive models in recommender systems, in: DMIN - 9th International Conference on Data Mining, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, July 2013.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913189
  • J. Gaillard, M. El Bèze, E. Altman, E. Ethis.
    Well-Argued Recommendation: Adaptive Models Based on Words in Recommender Systems, in: EMNLP - Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, Seattle, Washington, United States, October 2013, pp. 1943-1947.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00916241
  • O. Habachi.
    A Non-cooperative hierarchical Opportunistic Spectrum Access for cognitive radio networks, in: IEEE WCNC - Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Shanghai, China, April 2013, pp. 83-88. [ DOI : 10.1109/WCNC.2013.6554543 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926269
  • M. Haddad, P. Wiecek, E. Altman, H. Sidi.
    A game theoretic approach for the association problem in two-tier HetNets, in: ITC - 25th International Teletraffic Congress, Shanghai, China, September 2013, pp. 1-9. [ DOI : 10.1109/ITC.2013.6662962 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913200
  • M. K. Hanawal, E. Altman.
    Network Non-Neutrality through Preferential Signaling, in: WiOpt - 11th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, Tsukuba, Japan, May 2013, pp. 232-239.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00851408
  • C. Hasan, E. Altman, J.-M. Gorce.
    Partner selection for decode-and-forward cooperative relaying: A matching theoretic approach, in: IEEE PIMRC - 24th International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, London, United Kingdom, September 2013, pp. 2275-2280. [ DOI : 10.1109/PIMRC.2013.6666523 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926587
  • C. Hasan, E. Altman, J.-M. Gorce.
    The coalitional switch-off game of service providers, in: IEEE WiMob - 9th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, Lyon, France, October 2013, pp. 223-230. [ DOI : 10.1109/WiMOB.2013.6673365 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913232
  • Y. Hayel, M. Haddad, O. Habachi.
    Spectrum Coordination and Learning in Energy Efficient Cognitive Radio Networks, in: IEEE VTC - 78th Vehicular Technology Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, September 2013, pp. 1-5. [ DOI : 10.1109/VTCFall.2013.6692419 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926936
  • Best Paper
    K. Ibrahimi, E. Altman, M. Haddad.
    Signaling Game-based Approach to Power Control Management in Wireless Networks, in: ACM PM2HW2N - 8th Workshop on Performance Monitoring and Measurement of Heterogeneous Wireless and Wired Networks, Barcelona, Spain, November 2013, pp. 139-144, Best Poster Award. [ DOI : 10.1145/2512840.2512859 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913197
  • P. Nain, D. Towsley, A. Bar-Noy, P. Basu, M. P. Johnson, F. Yu.
    Estimating end-to-end delays under changing conditions, in: CHANTS - 8th ACM MobiCom workshop on Challenged networks, Miami, Florida, United States, September 2013, pp. 1-6. [ DOI : 10.1145/2505494.2505495 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00933322
  • Best Paper
    G. Neglia, X. Zhang, J. Kurose, D. Towsley, H. Wang.
    On Optimal Packet Routing in Deterministic DTNs, in: IEEE VTC - 77th Vehicular Technology Conference, Dresden, Germany, June 2013, pp. 1-5. [ DOI : 10.1109/VTCSpring.2013.6692662 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00923328
  • S. Patil, E. Altman, M. K. Hanawal, J. Rojas-Mora.
    Modeling and Simulation of Mobility of Crowds, in: ASMTA - 20th International Conference on Analytical & Stochastic Modelling Techniques & Applications, Ghent, Belgium, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, July 2013, vol. 7984, pp. 352-363. [ DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-39408-9_25 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00819653
  • A. Reiffers-Masson, Y. Hayel, E. Altman.
    Collusions entre fournisseurs de services et de contenus dans les réseaux, in: AlgoTel - 15èmes Rencontres Francophones sur les Aspects Algorithmiques des Télécommunications, Pornic, France, May 2013, pp. 1-4.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00818700
  • L. Severini, M. El Chamie, G. Neglia.
    Topology versus Link Strength for Information Dissemination in Networks, in: AlgoTel - 15èmes Rencontres Francophones sur les Aspects Algorithmiques des Télécommunications, Pornic, France, May 2013, pp. 1-4.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00818021
  • D. Tsilimantos, J.-M. Gorce, E. Altman.
    Stochastic analysis of energy savings with sleep mode in OFDMA wireless networks, in: IEEE INFOCOM - 32nd International Conference on Computer Communications, Turin, Italy, April 2013, pp. 1097-1105. [ DOI : 10.1109/INFCOM.2013.6566900 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913219
  • R.-A. Vaca-Ramirez, E. Altman, J. S. Thompson, V.-M. Ramos-Ramos.
    A stable marriage framework for distributed virtual MIMO coalition formation, in: IEEE PIMRC - 24th International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, London, United Kingdom, September 2013, pp. 2707-2712. [ DOI : 10.1109/PIMRC.2013.6666606 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926597
  • Y. Xu, S.-E. Elayoubi, E. Altman, R. El-Azouzi.
    Impact of flow-level dynamics on QoE of video streaming in wireless networks, in: IEEE INFOCOM - 32nd International Conference on Computer Communications, Turin, Italy, April 2013, pp. 2715-2723. [ DOI : 10.1109/INFCOM.2013.6567080 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00913207

Scientific Books (or Scientific Book chapters)

  • A. Ali, M. Panda, L. Sassatelli, T. Chahed, E. Altman.
    Reliable transport in delay tolerant networks, in: Routing in opportunistic networks, I. Woungang, S. K. Dhurandher, A. Anpalagan, A. V. Vasilakos (editors), Springer, 2013, pp. 251-287. [ DOI : 10.1007/978-1-4614-3514-3_10 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00833244
  • K. Avrachenkov, J. Filar, P. Howlett.
    Analytic Perturbation Theory and Its Applications, SIAM, December 2013, 372 p. [ DOI : 10.1137/1.9781611973143 ]
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00926397

Research reports

  • E. Altman, I. Brunetti.
    A Markov Decision Evolutionary Game for the study of a Dynamic Hawk and Dove Problem, June 2013.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00833271
  • E. Altman, T. Jimenez.
    Admission control to an M/M/1 queue with partial information, May 2013.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00820376
  • K. Avrachenkov, K. De Turck, D. Fiems, B. Prabhu.
    Information dissemination processes in directed social networks, October 2013, no Rapport LAAS n° 13576.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00876873
  • K. Avrachenkov, O. Habachi, A. Piunovskiy, Z. Yi.
    Infinite Horizon Optimal Impulsive Control Theory with Application to Internet Congestion Control, Inria, November 2013, no RR-8403.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00910064
  • I. Brunetti, E. Altman.
    Revisiting Evolutionary Game Theory, March 2013.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00801851
  • N. Choungmo Fofack, S. Alouf.
    Non-renewal TTL-based Cache Replacement Policy and Applications: Case of Modern DNS Hierarchy, Inria, December 2013, no RR-8414.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00914877
  • E. Della Vecchia, S. C. Di Marco, A. Jean-Marie.
    Approximations on Risk-Averse Markov Decision Processes, Inria, November 2013, no RR-8393.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00905636
  • G. Di Bella, L. Giarré, M. Ippolito, A. Jean-Marie, G. Neglia, I. Tinnirello.
    Modeling Energy Demand Aggregators for Residential Consumers, Inria, September 2013, no RR-8355.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00863243
  • G. Neglia, X. Ye, M. Gabielkov, A. Legout.
    How to Network in Online Social Networks, Inria, December 2013, no RR-8423.
    http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00917974
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