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Smoothed Airtime Linear Tuning and Optimized REACT with Multi-hop Extensions
abstract: Medium access control (MAC) is a fundamental problem in wireless networks.
In ad-hoc wireless networks especially, many of the performance and scaling issues
these networks face can be attributed to their use of the core IEEE 802.11 MAC
protocol: distributed coordination function (DCF). Smoothed Airtime Linear Tuning
(SALT) is a new contention window tuning algorithm proposed to address some of the
deficiencies of DCF in 802.11 ad-hoc networks. SALT works alongside a new user level
and optimized implementation of REACT, a distributed resource allocation protocol,
to ensure that each node secures the amount of airtime allocated to it by REACT.
The algorithm accomplishes that by tuning the contention window size parameter
that is part of the 802.11 backoff process. SALT converges more tightly on airtime
allocations than a contention window tuning algorithm from previous work and this
increases fairness in transmission opportunities and reduces jitter more than either
802.11 DCF or the other tuning algorithm. REACT and SALT were also extended
to the multi-hop flow scenario with the introduction of a new airtime reservation
algorithm. With a reservation in place multi-hop TCP throughput actually increased
when running SALT and REACT as compared to 802.11 DCF, and the combination of
protocols still managed to maintain its fairness and jitter advantages. All experiments
were performed on a wireless testbed, not in simulation.Dissertation/ThesisMasters Thesis Computer Science 201
Data path analysis for dynamic circuit specialisation
Dynamic Circuit Specialisation (DCS) is a method that exploits the reconfigurability of modern FPGAs to allow the specialisation of FPGA circuits at run-time. Currently, it is only explored as part of Register-transfer level design. However, at the Register-transfer level (RTL), a large part of the design is already locked in. Therefore, maximally exploiting the opportunities of DCS could require a costly redesign. It would be interesting to already have insight in the opportunities for DCS from the higher abstraction level. Moreover, the general design trend in FPGA design is to work on higher abstraction levels and let tool(s) translate this higher level description to RTL. This paper presents the first profiler that, based on the high-level description of an application, estimates the benefits of an implementation using DCS. This allows a designer to determine much earlier in the design cycle whether or not DCS would be interesting. The high-level profiling methodology was implemented and tested on a set of PID designs
Quantifying the Impact of Parameter Tuning on Nature-Inspired Algorithms
The problem of parameterization is often central to the effective deployment
of nature-inspired algorithms. However, finding the optimal set of parameter
values for a combination of problem instance and solution method is highly
challenging, and few concrete guidelines exist on how and when such tuning may
be performed. Previous work tends to either focus on a specific algorithm or
use benchmark problems, and both of these restrictions limit the applicability
of any findings. Here, we examine a number of different algorithms, and study
them in a "problem agnostic" fashion (i.e., one that is not tied to specific
instances) by considering their performance on fitness landscapes with varying
characteristics. Using this approach, we make a number of observations on which
algorithms may (or may not) benefit from tuning, and in which specific
circumstances.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures. Accepted at the European Conference on Artificial
Life (ECAL) 2013, Taormina, Ital
The Smooth-Lasso and other -penalized methods
We consider a linear regression problem in a high dimensional setting where
the number of covariates can be much larger than the sample size . In
such a situation, one often assumes sparsity of the regression vector, \textit
i.e., the regression vector contains many zero components. We propose a
Lasso-type estimator (where '' stands for quadratic)
which is based on two penalty terms. The first one is the norm of the
regression coefficients used to exploit the sparsity of the regression as done
by the Lasso estimator, whereas the second is a quadratic penalty term
introduced to capture some additional information on the setting of the
problem. We detail two special cases: the Elastic-Net , which
deals with sparse problems where correlations between variables may exist; and
the Smooth-Lasso , which responds to sparse problems where
successive regression coefficients are known to vary slowly (in some
situations, this can also be interpreted in terms of correlations between
successive variables). From a theoretical point of view, we establish variable
selection consistency results and show that achieves a
Sparsity Inequality, \textit i.e., a bound in terms of the number of non-zero
components of the 'true' regression vector. These results are provided under a
weaker assumption on the Gram matrix than the one used by the Lasso. In some
situations this guarantees a significant improvement over the Lasso.
Furthermore, a simulation study is conducted and shows that the S-Lasso
performs better than known methods as the Lasso, the
Elastic-Net , and the Fused-Lasso with respect to the
estimation accuracy. This is especially the case when the regression vector is
'smooth', \textit i.e., when the variations between successive coefficients of
the unknown parameter of the regression are small. The study also reveals that
the theoretical calibration of the tuning parameters and the one based on 10
fold cross validation imply two S-Lasso solutions with close performance
Implications of Cosmic Repulsion for Gravitational Theory
In this paper we present a general, model independent analysis of a recently
detected apparent cosmic repulsion, and discuss its potential implications for
gravitational theory. In particular, we show that a negatively spatially curved
universe acts like a diverging refractive medium, to thus naturally cause
galaxies to accelerate away from each other. Additionally, we show that it is
possible for a cosmic acceleration to only be temporary, with some accelerating
universes actually being able to subsequently recontract.Comment: RevTeX, 13 page
Passivity-based harmonic control through series/parallel damping of an H-bridge rectifier
Nowadays the H-bridge is one of the preferred solutions to connect DC loads or distributed sources to the single-phase grid. The control aims are: sinusoidal grid current with unity power factor and optimal DC voltage regulation capability. These objectives should be satisfied, regardless the conditions of the grid, the DC load/source and the converter nonlinearities. In this paper a passivity-based approach is thoroughly investigated proposing a damping-based solution for the error dynamics. Practical experiments with a real converter validate the analysis.
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