Efficient discovery and resource allocation is one of the challenges of any large scale Application Layer Network (ALN) such as computational Grids, Content Distribution Networks or P2P applications. In centralized approaches, the user requests can easily matched to the most convenient resource. This approach, however, shows scalability limits. In this paper, we explore an architecture for inco...

Motivated by recent increases in network traffic, we propose a decentralized network edge-based solution to peakhour broadband congestion that incentivizes users to moderate their bandwidth demands to their actual needs. Our solution is centered on smart home gateways that allocate bandwidth in a two-level hierarchy: first, a gateway purchases guaranteed bandwidth from the Internet Service Prov...

The constrained multiagent task scheduling problem is a problem class that describes complex scheduling problems that integrate stochastic task allocation with constraint satisfaction for agents that concurrently execute multiple tasks. The combination of elements from constraint satisfaction, task allocation and resource scheduling produces a challenging class of problems. Unfortunately, exist...

In the spectrum-sharing technology, a secondary user may utilize the primary user’s licensed band as long as its interference to the primary user is below a tolerable value. In this paper, we consider a scenario in which a secondary user is operating in the presence of both a primary user and an eavesdropper. Hence, the secondary user has both interference limitations and security consideration...

A novel distributed energy allocation mechanism for distribution system operator (DSO) market through a bilevel iterative auction is proposed. With the locational marginal price known at the substation node, the DSO runs an upper level auction with aggregators as intermediate agents competing for energy. This DSO level auction takes into account physical grid constraints such as line flows, tra...

" The cost of transmission facilities must be allocated to those within the transmission planning region that benefit from those facilities in a manner that is at least roughly commensurate with estimated benefits. " (FERC 2010, p. 91) Benefits include reliability, economic and public policy related impacts. Turning the principle into a workable policy is important as a support for restructured...

A response to a critique by Roger W. Hunt of my views on the eventual likely need to use age as a standard for the allocation of expensive, high-technology, life-extending medical care for the elderly. The response encompasses three elements: 1. that while the elderly have a substantial claim to publicly-provided health care, it cannot be an unlimited claim; 2. that a health care system which ...

Abstract Today’s cloud service providers (CSPs) use in-memory caching engines to improve application performance and server revenue. However, these caching engines exhibit poor scaling, mainly because of high DRAM cost and energy consumption. On the other hand, the increasing use of multi-tenancy requires effective and optimal resource provisioning. In this paper, we introduce ElCached, a multi...

Governments have a profound impact on the allocation of many goods, services and rights. We study individuals who differ in their valuations and in their wealth. In particular, some individuals have binding wealth constraints, which inhibit voluntary exchange, so the initial assignment scheme matters. We show that non-market assignment schemes — even as simple as random rationing — may yield a ...

Alvarez and Jermann (2000) show that the constrained efficient allocations of endowment economies with complete markets and limited commitment can be decentralized with endogenous borrowing limits on the Arrow securities. In a model with capital accumulation, aggregate risk and competitive intermediaries, we show that such a decentralization is not possible unless one imposes an upper limit on ...