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ANOR
2005
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14 years 9 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
15 years 3 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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14 years 4 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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14 years 9 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
15 years 3 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