We consider systems of tandem blocking queues having a common retrial queue. The model represents dynamics of short TCP transfers in the Internet. Analytical results are available...
The Flexible Job Shop scheduling Problem (FJSP) is a generalization of the classical Job Shop Problem in which each operation must be processed on a given machine chosen among a f...
When foraging for information, users face a tradeoff between the accuracy and value of the acquired information and the time spent collecting it, a problem which also surfaces whe...
An epidemic spreading in a network calls for a decision on the part of the network members: They should decide whether to protect themselves or not. Their decision depends on the ...
George Theodorakopoulos, Jean-Yves Le Boudec, John...
We study P6-free graphs, i.e., graphs that do not contain an induced path on six vertices. Our main result is a new characterization of this graph class: a graph G is P6-free if an...