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Selected AbstractsTraffic Estimation and Optimal Counting Location Without Path Enumeration Using Bayesian NetworksCOMPUTER-AIDED CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING, Issue 3 2008Enrique Castillo A combination (bi-level) of an OD-pair matrix estimation model based on Bayesian networks, and a Wardrop-minimum-variance model, which identifies origins and destinations of link flows, is used to estimate OD-pair and unobserved link flows based on some observations of links and/or OD-pair flows. The Bayesian network model is also used to select the optimal number and locations of the links counters based on maximum correlation. Finally, the proposed methods are illustrated by their application to the Nguyen,Dupuis and the Ciudad Real networks. [source] Reliability evaluation of transmission network including effect of protection systemsEUROPEAN TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL POWER, Issue 8 2008A.-R. Alesaadi Abstract Transmission network reliability evaluation considering effects of protective systems is investigated in this paper. Protective system faults are one of the main sources of cascading outages and may lead to vast blackouts. Desired performance of the protection system has a significant role in the improvement of network reliability. The proposed method is based on minimal cutset approach. In the proposed method, all elements of the transmission and subtransmission substations can be considered in which subtransmission substations are taken as output nodes. A sensitivity analysis of network reliability to component reliability parameters is performed. Finally the effectiveness of the method was tested in a real network with satisfactory results. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Verification process and its application to network traffic simulation modelsJOURNAL OF ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION, Issue 3 2002Ryota Horiguchi This paper summarizes a standardized verification process for network traffic simulation models. After the general introduction of philosophy of verification, we explain detailed processes of the verification and its application to several well-known simulation models. "Verification" here means several examination tests of simulation models using virtual data on a simple network so as to confirm their fundamental functions. In the course of model development, the developers have to examine whether the model performance is consistent with the specifications that they intend and also with the well-authorized traffic engineering theory. Because of several constraints in putting the model specifications into the computer programming such as discretizing of time and space and simplifying vehicle behaviors to some degree, the intended model specifications may not be fully achieved in a computer. Therefore, we strongly recommend the verification before applying the models to a real network. [source] Comparison between objective and subjective measurements of quality of service over an Optical Wide Area networkEUROPEAN TRANSACTIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Issue 3 2008Francesco Matera The introduction of intelligence for management and control of the quality of service (QoS) are key issues for the evolution of the next generation IP optical network based on Ethernet technology. A test bed of a core-access network was implemented to investigate such issues and in this paper, the authors report measurements concerning the QoS of multimedia services for different traffic conditions. The network was implemented with a differentiated service over Multi-Protocol Label Switch (MPLS) architecture; it consists of a real optical network based on core routers with optical Gigabit Ethernet (GBE) interfaces connected by means of long single mode fibres (about 50\,km), contained in an installed cable between Rome and Pomezia. The network is based on different access devices, but in this paper we only refer to an access based on Fibre To The building (FTTB) architecture. The QoS was investigated both in terms of network (or objective) tests that include packet loss, jitter, one way delay and throughput measurements and perceptive (or subjective) tests that conversely are based on the evaluation of user perception. The services under test mainly consisted of video streams that circulated in the network according to the switching operations based in the IP differentiated service over MPLS technique that allowed us to guarantee the QoS for some class of service, also in the presence of network overload. Particular attention was given to the correlation between objective and subjective measurements. Furthermore, in order to have a complete analysis about QoS of real networks, measurements were performed also in the presence of restoration operations for link failures; in particular we compare the results in the case of conventional IP network restoration with a procedure proposed by us and based on a link switching activated by the loss of signal command coming from the routers. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Online end-to-end quality of service monitoring for service level agreement managementINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, Issue 4 2008Xiaoyuan Ta Abstract A major challenge in network and service level agreement (SLA) management is to provide Quality of Service (QoS) demanded by heterogeneous network applications. Online QoS monitoring plays an important role in the process by providing objective measurements that can be used for improving network design, troubleshooting and management. Online QoS monitoring becomes increasingly difficult and complex due to the rapid expansion of the Internet and the dramatic increase in the speed of network. Sampling techniques have been explored as a means to reduce the difficulty and complexity of measurement. In this paper, we investigate several major sampling techniques, i.e. systematic sampling, simple random sampling and stratified sampling. Performance analysis is conducted on these techniques. It is shown that stratified sampling with optimum allocation has the best performance. However, stratified sampling with optimum allocation requires additional statistics usually not available for real-time applications. An adaptive stratified sampling algorithm is proposed to solve the problem. Both theoretical analysis and simulation show that the proposed adaptive stratified sampling algorithm outperforms other sampling techniques and achieves a performance comparable to stratified sampling with optimum allocation. A QoS monitoring software using the aforementioned sampling techniques is designed and tested in various real networks. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] |