Abstract—Hierarchical macro/femto-cell networks are considered as a promising technology for the improvement of indoor coverage and network capacity. In these emerging networks, ...
Pricing and lead time setting are two important decisions in semiconductor foundry industries. This research considers the competition of a duopoly market consisting of two make-t...
Computer networks require increasingly complex packet processing in the data path to adapt to new functionality requirements. To meet performance demands, packet processing system...
We study the stochastic machine replenishment problem, which is a canonical special case of closed multiclass queuing systems in Markov decision theory. The problem models the sche...
Abstract— The deployment of converged services of TV, telephony, and Internet access over IP entails a significant initial investment for service providers. This investment is n...