. 4 b s h c t This paper concerns the design of distributed algorithms for sharing network bandwidth resources among contending flows. The classical fairness notion is the socalled max-min fairness: F . Kelly [IO] has recently introduced the alternative proportional fairness criterion; we introduce a third criterion. which is naturally interpreted in terms of the delays experienced by ongoing t...

If one considers what the majority of the graduates of our medical schools do in their professional lives, the answer is, of course, that which is termed "general practice." Therefore, the objective of a medical education, it is customarily assumed, is that which will develop the best general practitioner. Of course, the qualities required of him are well recognized, but their relative importan...