A bipartite graph G = (U,V;E) is called epsilon -regular if the edge density of every sufficiently large induced subgraph differs from the edge density of G by no more than. If, in addition, the degree of each vertex ...
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A bipartite graph G = (U,V;E) is called epsilon -regular if the edge density of every sufficiently large induced subgraph differs from the edge density of G by no more than. If, in addition, the degree of each vertex in G is between (d-epsilon) n and (d+epsilon) n, where d is the edge density of G and |U| = |V| = n, then G is called super (d,epsilon)-regular. In [Combinatorica, 19(1999), pp. 437-452] it was shown that if S subset ofU and T subset ofV are subsets of vertices in a super-regular bipartite graph G = ( U, V;E), and if a perfect matching M of G is chosen randomly, then the number of edges of M that go between the sets S and T is roughly |S||T|/n. In this paper, we derandomize this result using the Erdos-Selfridge method of conditional probabilities. As an application, we give an alternative constructive proof of the blow-up lemma of Komlos, Sarkozy, and Szemeredi (see [ Combinatorica, 17 (1997), pp. 109-123] and [Random Structures algorithms, 12 (1998), pp. 297-312]).
We give an O (log(4) n)-time O(n(2))-processor CRCW PRAM algorithm to find a hamiltonian cycle in a strong semicomplete bipartite digraph, B, provided that a factor of B (i.e., a collection of vertex disjoint cycles c...
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We give an O (log(4) n)-time O(n(2))-processor CRCW PRAM algorithm to find a hamiltonian cycle in a strong semicomplete bipartite digraph, B, provided that a factor of B (i.e., a collection of vertex disjoint cycles covering the vertex set of B)is computed in a preprocessing step. The factor is found (if it exists) using a bipartite matching algorithm, hence placing the whole algorithm in the class Random-NC. We show that any parallel algorithm which can check the existence of a hamiltonian cycle in a strong semicomplete bipartite digraph in time O(r(n)) using p(n) processors can be used to check the existence of a perfect matching in a bipartite graph in time O(r(n) + n(2)/p(n)) using p(n) processors. Hence, our problem belongs to the class NC if and only if perfect matching in bipartite graphs belongs to NC. We also consider the problem of finding a hamiltonian path in a semicomplete bipartite digraph.
We show how randomized caches can be used in resource-poor partial-state routers to provide a fair share of bandwidth to short-lived flows that are known as mice when long-lived flows known as elephants are present. (...
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We show how randomized caches can be used in resource-poor partial-state routers to provide a fair share of bandwidth to short-lived flows that are known as mice when long-lived flows known as elephants are present. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
Designing checks to detect or locate errors in the data plays an important role in the design of fault tolerant systems. Recently, the problem of synthesizing the data-check (DC) relationship has received a lot of att...
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Designing checks to detect or locate errors in the data plays an important role in the design of fault tolerant systems. Recently, the problem of synthesizing the data-check (DC) relationship has received a lot of attention in the context of a natural paradigm for concurrent error detection/location known as algorithm-based fault tolerance (ABFT). Banerjee and Abraham have shown that an ABFT scheme can be modeled as a tripartite graph consisting of processors (P), data (D), and checks (C). Any technique for designing ABFT systems requires a procedure for synthesizing a DC relationship, which not only has a low overhead but also has all the properties required by the designer. The main contribution of this work is to propose a simple and novel algorithm called RANDGEN to generate DC graphs. This synthesis approach itself is very fast and can be fully parallelized. By simply varying its parameters, the same algorithm RANDGEN can produce DC graphs with a wide spectrum of properties, many of which have been considered very important in recent ABFT designs. RANDGEN produces s-error-detectable DC graphs with asymptotically the least number of checks for the first time. RANDGEN can also produce s-error-locatable DC graphs using only a small number of checks. This is the first general procedure for producing error-locatable graphs for any value of s. Another important outstanding problem in DC graph design is providing fast and practical methods for actually locating the errors in the data from the output pattern at the checks. We show that RANDGEN can be used to design DC graphs, which permit easy diagnosis, again with a small number of checks. It has been pointed out previously that ''uniform'' checks may simplify the design of the ABFT system. We show how RANDGEN can be modified very simply to produce uniform s-error-detectable/locatable DC graphs. Finally, we show how one can generalize these results to synthesize strictly s-error-detectable/locatable DC graphs which ca
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Frazzoli, EMao, ZHOh, JHFeron, EMIT
Dept Aeronaut & Astronaut Informat & Decis Syst Lab Int Ctr Air Transportat Cambridge MA 02139 USA MIT
Dept Mech Engn Cambridge MA 02139 USA
Aircraft conflict detection and resolution is currently attracting the interest of many air transportation service providers and is concerned with the following question: Given a set of airborne aircraft and their int...
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Aircraft conflict detection and resolution is currently attracting the interest of many air transportation service providers and is concerned with the following question: Given a set of airborne aircraft and their intended trajectories, what control strategy should be followed by the pilots and the air traffic service provider to prevent the aircraft from coming too close to each other? This paper addresses this problem by presenting a resolution methodology whereby each aircraft proposes its desired heading while a centralized air traffic control authority resolves any conflict arising between aircraft, while minimizing the deviation between desired and conflict-free heading for each aircraft. The resolution methodology relies on a combination of convex programming and randomized searches: It is shown that a version of the planar, multiaircraft conflict resolution problem, accounting for all possible crossing patterns among aircraft, might be recast as a nonconvex, quadratically constrained quadratic program. For this type of problem, there exist efficient numerical relaxations, based on semidefinite programming, that provide lower bounds on the best achievable objective. These relaxations also lead to a random search technique to compute feasible, locally optimal, and conflict-free strategies. This approach is demonstrated on numerical examples and discussed.
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in developing statistical learning methods to provide approximate solutions to "difficult" control problems. In particular, randomized algorithms have becom...
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In recent years, there has been a growing interest in developing statistical learning methods to provide approximate solutions to "difficult" control problems. In particular, randomized algorithms have become a very popular tool used for stability and performance analysis as well as for design of control systems. However, as randomized algorithms provide an efficient solution procedure to the "intractable" problems, stochastic methods bring closer to understanding the properties of the real systems. The topic of this paper is the use of stochastic methods in order to solve the problem of control robustness: the case of parametric stochastic uncertainty is considered. Necessary concepts regarding stochastic control theory and stochastic differential equations are introduced. Then a convergence analysis is provided by means of the Chernoff bounds, which guarantees robustness in mean and in probability. As an illustration, the robustness of control performances of example control systems is computed. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
It is reasonable to claim that almost all major questions related to radio broadcasting can be considered closed as far as static networks are considered: the network never changes during the entire protocol's exe...
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It is reasonable to claim that almost all major questions related to radio broadcasting can be considered closed as far as static networks are considered: the network never changes during the entire protocol's execution. On the other hand. theoretical results on communication protocols in any scenario where the network topology may change during protocol's execution (i.e. a dynamic radio network) are very few. In this paper, we present a theoretical study of broadcasting in radio networks having dynamic unknown topology. The dynamic network is modeled by means of adversaries: we consider two of them. We first analyze an oblivious, memoryless random adversary that can be seen as the dynamic version of the average-case study presented by Elsasser and Gasieniec in JCSS, 2006. We then consider the deterministic worst-case adversary that, at each time slot, can make any network change (thus the strongest adversary). This is the dynamic version of the worst-case study provided by Bar-Yehuda, Goldreich and Itai in JCSS, 1992. In both cases we provide tight bounds on the completion time of randomized broadcast protocols. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Two tasks of communication in a multihop synchronous radio network are considered: Point-to-point communication and broadcast (sending a message to all nodes of a network). Efficient protocols for both problems are pr...
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Two tasks of communication in a multihop synchronous radio network are considered: Point-to-point communication and broadcast (sending a message to all nodes of a network). Efficient protocols for both problems are presented. Even though the protocols are probabilistic, it is shown how to acknowledge messages deterministically. Let n, D, and DELTA be the number of nodes, the diameter and the maximum degree of our network, respectively. Both protocols require a setup phase in which a BFS tree is constructed. This phase takes O((n + D log n) log DELTA) time. After the setup, k point-to-point transmissions require O((k + D) log DELTA) time on the average. Therefore the network allows a new transmission every O(log DELTA) time slots. Also, k broadcasts require an average of O((k + D) log DELTA log n) time. Hence the average throughput of the network is a broadcast every O(log DELTA log n) time slots. Both protocols pipeline the messages along the BFS tree. They are always successful on the graph spanned by the BFS tree. Their probabilistic behavior refers only to the running time. Using the above protocols the ranking problem is solved in O(n log n log DELTA) time. The performance analysis of both protocols constitutes a new application of queueing theory.
A stochastic receding-horizon control approach for constrained Linear Parameter Varying discrete-time systems is proposed in this paper. It is assumed that the time-varying parameters have stochastic nature and that t...
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A stochastic receding-horizon control approach for constrained Linear Parameter Varying discrete-time systems is proposed in this paper. It is assumed that the time-varying parameters have stochastic nature and that the system's matrices are bounded but otherwise arbitrary nonlinear functions of these parameters. No specific assumption on the statistics of the parameters is required. By using a randomization approach, a scenario-based finite-horizon optimal control problem is formulated, where only a finite number M of sampled predicted parameter trajectories ('scenarios') are considered. This problem is convex and its solution is a priori guaranteed to be probabilistically robust, up to a user-defined probability level p. The p level is linked to M by an analytic relationship, which establishes a tradeoff between computational complexity and robustness of the solution. Then, a receding horizon strategy is presented, involving the iterated solution of a scenario-based finite-horizon control problem at each time step. Our key result is to show that the state trajectories of the controlled system reach a terminal positively invariant set in finite time, either deterministically, or with probability no smaller than p. The features of the approach are illustrated by a numerical example. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A novel approach based on probability and randomization has emerged to synergize with the standard deterministic methods for control of systems with uncertainty. The main objective of this paper is to provide a broad ...
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A novel approach based on probability and randomization has emerged to synergize with the standard deterministic methods for control of systems with uncertainty. The main objective of this paper is to provide a broad perspective on this area of research known as "probabilistic robust control", and to address in a systematic manner recent advances. The focal point is on design methods, based on the interplay between uncertainty randomization and convex optimization, and on the illustration of specific control applications. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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