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ANOR
2005
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13 years 4 months ago
The Cross-Entropy Method for Network Reliability Estimation
Abstract. Consider a network of unreliable links, modelling for example a communication network. Estimating the reliability of the network
Kin-Ping Hui, Nigel Bean, Miro Kraetzl, Dirk P. Kr...
IDEAL
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Designing an Optimal Network Using the Cross-Entropy Method
Consider a network of unreliable links, each of which comes with a certain price and reliability. Given a fixed budget, which links should be bought in order to maximize the syste...
Sho Nariai, Kin-Ping Hui, Dirk P. Kroese
TSMC
2011
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12 years 11 months ago
Cross-Entropy Optimization of Control Policies With Adaptive Basis Functions
—This paper introduces an algorithm for direct search of control policies in continuous-state discrete-action Markov decision processes. The algorithm looks for the best closed-l...
Lucian Busoniu, Damien Ernst, Bart De Schutter, Ro...
JUCS
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
A Normal Copula Model for the Economic Risk Analysis of Correlated Failures in Communications Networks
: The reliability of a communications network is often evaluated without taking into account the economic consequence of failures. Here a new approach is proposed to assess the eco...
Maurizio Naldi, Giuseppe D'Acquisto
ICDCSW
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Bandwidth Clustering for Reliable and Prioritized Network Routing Using Split Agent-Based Method
Recent researches have highlighted the importance of developing a network with distributed problem solving abilities thus enhancing reliability with equal share of network resourc...
Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, Helen D. Karatza