Miscellaneous Topics

Anonymous Networking, Scheduling, Quantized Consensus, Performance Analysis, ATM ABR, Manufacturing, Games/Teams

Anonymous Networking

• J. Ghaderi and R. Srikant. Towards a theory of anonymous networking. Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, 2010.

Scheduling

• T. Ji, E. Athanasopoulou and R. Srikant, Counter-Examples to the Optimality of MWS-alpha Policies for Scheduling in Generalized Switches, Longer version of paper that appeared under a different title in the Proc. INFOCOM Mini-Conference, 2009.
• J. J. Jaramillo, F. Milan and R. Srikant. Padded frames: A novel algorithm for stable scheduling in load-balanced switches. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Oct. 2008.
• A. Dasylva and R. Srikant, "Optimal WDM Schedules for Optical Star Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 446-456, June 1999.

Quantized Consensus

• A. Kashyap, T. Basar and R. Srikant, “Quantized Consensus,” Automatica, July 2007. Longer version of paper that appeared in the Proceedings of CDC 2006 and ISIT 2006.

Performance Analysis

• V. Subramanian and R. Srikant, "Statistical multiplexing with priorities: Tail probabilities of queue lengths and waiting times," Queueing Systems, vol. 34, no. 1-4, 2000, pp. 215-236.
• A. Greenberg, R. Srikant and W. Whitt, "Resource sharing for book-ahead and instantaneous-request calls," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol . 7, no. 1, February 1999, pages 10-22.
• R. Srikant and W. Whitt, "Resource Sharing with Book-Ahead and Instantaneous-Request Calls Using a CLT Approximation," Telecommunication Systems, vol. 16, nos. 3-4, March/April 2001, pp. 233-254.
• Sanjay Shakkottai and R. Srikant. "Many-sources Delay Asymptotics with Applications to Priority Queues," Queueing Systems: Theory and Applications, vol. 39, pp. 183-200, 2001.
• S. Kunniyur, R. Ravikanth and R. Srikant, "The Impact of the Long-Range Dependence of Real-time Sources On Best-Effort Traffic," longer version of the paper "Transient Behavior of Real-Time Self-Similar Sources and Its Impact on Best-Effort Traffic" in the Proceedings of the IEEE GLOBECOM, November 1998.
• S. Kumar, R. Srikant, P. R. Kumar, "Bounding blocking probabilities and throughput in queueing networks with buffer capacity constraints," Queueing Systems Theory and Applications, vol. 28, 1998, pp. 55--77.
• A. Greenberg and R. Srikant, "Computational Techniques for Accurate Performance Evaluation in Multirate, Multihop Communication Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, April 1997.
• R. Srikant and W. Whitt, "Variance Reduction in Simulations of Loss Models," Operations Research, July-August 1999, pp. 509-523.
• R. Srikant and W. Whitt, "Simulation Run Lengths to Estimate Blocking Probabilities," ACM Transactions on Modelling and Computer Simulation, vol. 6, no. 1, January 1996, pp 7--52.

ATM ABR Congestion Control

• E. Altman, T. Basar and R. Srikant, "Congestion Control as a Stochastic Control Problem with Action Delays," Automatica (Special issue on Control Methods for Communication Networks), Anantharam and Walrand Eds., Dec. 1999.
• O.C. Imer, S. Compans, T. Basar and R. Srikant, "ABR Congestion Control in ATM Networks," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 21(1):38-56, Feb. 2001.
• R. Srikant, "Control of Communication Networks," in "Perspectives in Control Engineering: Technologies, Applications, New Directions," Tariq Samad (Ed.), IEEE Press, 2000, pp. 462-488.

Manufacturing

• J. R. Perkins and R. Srikant, "Failure-Prone Production Systems With Uncertain Demand," Systems Modelling and Optimization, Eds., M.P. Polis, A.L. Dontchev, P.Kall, I. Lasiecka and A.W. Olbrot, Chapman and Hall/CRC Research notes in mathematics, pp. 289-297, 1999. Revised version in IEEE Transactions on Automatical Control, July 2001.
• J. R. Perkins and R. Srikant, "Scheduling Multiple Part-Types in an Unreliable Single Machine Manufacturing System," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, March 1997.
• J. R. Perkins and R. Srikant, "Hedging Policies for Failure-Prone Manufacturing Systems: Optimality of JIT Policies and Bounds on Buffer Levels," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, July 1998, pp. 953--958.

Games/Teams

• T. Alpcan, T. Basar, R. Srikant and E. Altman, "CDMA Uplink power control as a noncooperative game," Wireless Networks, 8:659-670, 2002
• E. Altman, T.Basar and R. Srikant, "Nash Equilibria for Combined Flow Control and Routing in Networks: Asymptotic Behavior for a Large Number of Users," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, June 2002.
• R. Srikant, "Relationship between decentralized controller design using minimax and stochastic risk-averse criteria," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, April 1994, pp. 861-864.
• T. Basar and R. Srikant, "Stochastic differential games with weak spatial and strong informational coupling," Elektrik: Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1(1): 1--13, 1993.
• R. Srikant and T. Basar, "Sequential decomposition and policy iteration schemes for M-player games with partial weak coupling." Automatica, 28(1):95--106, January 1992.
• R. Srikant and T. Basar,"Asymptotic solutions to weakly coupled stochastic teams with nonclassical information," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, February, 1992, 163--173.
• R. Srikant and T. Basar, "Iterative computation of noncooperative equilibria in nonzero-sum differential games with weakly coupled players," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, October, 1991, 137--168.