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2011-2015 2006-2010 2001-2005 1996-2000 1991-1995 1986-1990 1985-1980

    2011-2015

  1. A.M. Makowski and O. Yaugan, "Random threshold graphs with exponential fitness: The width of the phase transition for connectivity," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2013), Istanbul (Turkey), July 2013.

  2. O. Yaugan and A. M. Makowski, "Connectivity results for sensor networks under a random pairwise key distribution scheme." in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2012), Cambridge (MA), July 2012.

  3. O. Yaugan and A. M. Makowski, "On the resiliency of sensor networks under the pairwise key distribution scheme," in Proceedings of the 22nd Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2011), September 2011, Toronto (ON, Canada).[PDF]

  4. O. Yaugan and A. M. Makowski, "Designing securely connected wireless sensor networks in the presence of unreliable links," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2011), Kyoto (Japan), June 2011.[PDF]

  5. O. Yaugan and A. M. Makowski, "On the gradual deployment of random pairwise key distribution schemes," in Proceeding of the 9th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2011), Princeton (NJ), May 2011.

    6. 2006-2010

  6. N. Prasanth Anthapadmanabhan and A.M. Makowski, "On the absence of isolated nodes in wireless ad-hoc networks with unreliable links -- A curious gap," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 2010, San Diego (CA), March 2010.

  7. O. Yaugan and A. M. Makowski, "On the existence of triangles in random key graphs," in Proceedings of the 47th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello (IL), September 2009.

  8. O. Yaugan and A. M. Makowski, "Random key graphs -- Can they be small worlds?," in Proceedings of the First Workshop on Applications of Graph Theory in Wireless Ad hoc Networks and Sensor Networks (GRAPHOC 2009), Chennai (India), December 2009.

  9. O. Yaugan and A. M. Makowski, "Connectivity in random graphs induced by a key predistribution scheme -- Small key pools," accepted for inclusion in the program of the International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2009), Amman (Jordan), December 2009. Withdrawn from the program.

  10. O. Yaugan and A. M. Makowski, "Connectivity results for random key graphs," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2009), Seoul (Korea), June 2009.[PDF]

  11. A. M. Makowski, "The binary bridge selection problem: Stochastic approximations and the convergence of a learning algorithm," in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2008), Bruxelles (Belgium), September 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science bf 5217/2008, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 167-178.

  12. O. Yaugan and A. M. Makowski, "On the random graph induced by a random key predistribution scheme under full visibility," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2008), Toronto (ON, Canada), June 2008.[PDF]

  13. G. Han and A. M. Makowski, "On the critical communication range under node placement with vanishing densities," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2007), Nice (France), June 2007.[PDF]

  14. G. Han and A. M. Makowski, "Very sharp transitions in one-dimensional MANETs," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006), Istanbul (Turkey), June 2006.

  15. Y. Han and A. M. Makowski, "Resequencing delays under multipath routing -- Asymptotics in a simple queueing model," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 2006, Barcelona (Spain), April 2006.

  16. S. Vanichpun and A. M. Makowski, "Modeling locality of reference via notions of positive dependence -- Some mixed news!," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 2006, Barcelona (Spain), April 2006.

    17. 2001-2005

  17. O. Bahat and A. M. Makowski, "Measuring consistency in TTL-based caches," sl Performance Evaluationbf 62 (2005), pp. 439--455. (Edrs. C.S. Chang and D.A. Menasc\'e), in Proceedings of PERFORMANCE 2005, Juan-Les-Pins (France), October 2005.

  18. Y. Han, R. J. La and A. M. Makowski, "Distribution of path durations in mobile ad-hoc networks -- Palm's Theorem at work," in Proceedings of the ITC Specialist Seminar on Performance Evaluation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, University of Antwerp, Antwerp (Belgium), August 2004.

  19. S. Vanichpun and A. M. Makowski, "The output of a cache under the independent reference model -- Where did the locality of reference go?" in Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS -- PERFORMANCE 2004, New York (NY), June 2004.

  20. K. Tsoukatos and A.M. Makowski, "Stochastic comparisons for a static routing problem with resequencing," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Communications (ICC 2004), Paris (France), June 2004.

  21. A. M. Makowski, "Bounding the superposition of on-off sources -- Variability ordering and majorization to the rescue," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Communications (ICC 2004), Paris (France), June 2004.

  22. S. Vanichpun and A. M. Makowski, "Comparing strength of locality of reference -- Popularity, majorization, and some folk theorems," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 2004, Hong Kong (S.A.R), April 2004.

  23. P. Tinnakornsrisuphap, R. La and A. M. Makowski, "Modeling TCP traffic with session dynamics - Many sources asymptotics under ECN/RED gateways," in Proceedings of the 18th International Teletraffic Congress, Berlin (Germany), August 2003, pp. 831--840.

  24. O. Bahat and A. M. Makowski, "Optimal replacement policies for non-uniform cache objects with optional eviction," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 2003, San Francisco (CA), April 2003.

  25. P. Tinnakornsrisuphap and A. M. Makowski, "Limit behavior of ECN/RED gateways under a large number of TCP flows," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 2003, San Francisco (CA), April 2003.

  26. S. Vanichpun and A. M. Makowski, "Positive correlations and buffer occupancy: Lower bounds and supermodular ordering," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 2002, New York (NY), April 2002.

  27. P. Tinnakornsrisuphap and A. M. Makowski, "Queue dynamics of RED gateways under large number of TCP flows," in Proceedings of GLOBECOM 2001, San Antonio (TX), November 2001.

    28. 1996-2000

  28. K. Tsoukatos and A.M. Makowski, "Interpolation approximations for M|GI|∞ arrival processes," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Communications (ICC 1999), Vancouver (BC, Canada), June 1999.

  29. M. Krunz and A.M. Makowski, "A source model for VBR video traffic based on M|G|∞ input processes," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 1998, San Francisco (CA), April 1998.

  30. K. Tsoukatos and A.M. Makowski, "Heavy traffic analysis for a multiplexer driven by M|GI|∞ input processes," in Proceedings of the 15th International Teletraffic Congress, Washington, D.C., June 1997, pp. 497--506.

  31. M. Parulekar and A.M. Makowski, "M|G|∞ input processes: A versatile class of models for traffic network," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 1997, Kobe (Japan), April 1997, pp. 1452--1459.

  32. M. Parulekar and A.M. Makowski, "Tail probabilities for a multiplexer with self--similar traffic," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 1996, San Francisco (CA), April 1996, pp. 1452--1459.

  33. G. Charleston, T. Christofilli, S. Rao, A.M. Makowski, P. Narayan, J. Kim, J. Lee and M. Ryu, "IEEE 1355--based architecture for an ATM switch, with application to ATM onboard switching and processing," 16th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference, Washington, D.C., February 1996, pp. 451--457.

  34. G. C. Charleston, T. Christofilli, J. Kim, J.H. Lee, A. Makowski, P. Narayan, S. Rao and M.G. Ryu, "ALAX -- A 1355--based architecture for an ATM LAN access switch, with application to ATM onboard switching," Conference on NASA-Centers for Commercialization and Developement of Space (NASA-CCDS), Albuquerque (NM), January 1996, pp. 351--354.

    35. 1991-1995

  35. J. Kim, M.G. Ryu, A.M. Makowski and P. Narayan, "Design of an ATM LAN Access Switch Based on IEEE P1355," IEEE ATM Workshop '95, Washington, D.C., October 1995.

  36. R. Rezaiifar, A.M. Makowski and S.P. Kumar, "Optimal control of handoffs in wireless networks," in Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Chicago (IL), July 1995, pp. 887--891.[PDF]

  37. Y.-B. Kim and A.M. Makowski, "Cell loss probabilities in input queueing crossbar switches via light traffic derivatives," Conference on NASA-Centers for Commercialization and Developement of Space (NASA-CCDS), Albuquerque (NM), January 1995. In AIP Conference Proceedings 325, pp. 51--56.

  38. S. Varma and A.M. Makowski, "Interpolation approximations for symmetric Fork--Join queues," Performance Evaluation 20(1994), (Edrs. G. Iazeolla and S. Lavenberg), in Proceeding of 16th IFIP W.G. 7.3. International Symposium on Computer Performance Modelling, Measurement and Evaluation (PERFORMANCE 1993), Rome (Italy), September 1993, pp. 245--265.

  39. D.--J. Ma and A.M. Makowski, "A class of two--dimensional stochastic approximations and steering policies for Markov decision processes," in Proceedings of the 31th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 1992), Tucson (AZ), December 1992, pp. 3344--3349.

  40. A.M. Makowski and A. Shwartz, "Optimal index policies for Markov decision policies with a constraint," in Proceedings of the 30th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 1991), Brighton (U.K.), December 1991, pp. 471--476. [PDF]

    41. 1986-1990

  41. A.M. Makowski and R.B. Sowers, "Discrete--time filtering for linear systems in correlated noise with non--Gaussian initial conditions: Formulas and asymptotics," in Robust Control of Linear Systems and Nonlinear Control, Edrs. E M.A. Kaashoek, J.H. van Schuppen and A.C.M. Ran, Birkh" auser Boston Inc., Cambridge (MA) (1990), in Proceedings of the International Symposium MTNS--89, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), June 1989, Vol. II, pp. 407--419.

  42. L. G"un and A.M. Makowski, "An approximation method for general tandem queueing systems subject to blocking," in Queueing Networks with Blocking}, Edrs. H.G. Perros and T. Altiok, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North--Holland), Amsterdam (The Netherlands) (1989), in Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Queueing Networks with Finite Capacity, North Carolina State University, Raleigh (NC), May 1988, pp. 147--171.

  43. L. G"un and A.M. Makowski, "Matrix--geometric solution for finite capacity queues with phase--type distributions," in PERFORMANCE 1987, Edrs. P.--J. Courtois and G. Latouche, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North--Holland), Amsterdam (The Netherlands) (1987), in Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Computer Performance, Brussels (Belgium), December 1987, pp. 269--282.

  44. D.--J. Ma, A.M. Makowski and A. Shwartz, "Stochastic approximations for constrained Markov decision processes," in Analysis and Control of Nonlinear Systems}, Edrs. C.I. Byrnes, C.F. Martin and R.E. Saeks, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North--Holland), Amsterdam (The Netherlands) (1988), in Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Phoenix (AZ), June 1987, pp. 45--50.

  45. A. Shwartz and A.M. Makowski, "An optimal adaptive scheme for two competing queues with constraints," in Analysis and Optimization of Systems}, Edrs. A. Bensoussan and J.L. Lions, Lecture Notes in Control and Informaton Sciences 83, Springer--Verlag, Berlin (1986), in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Analysis and Optimization of Systems, Antibes (France), June 1986, pp. 515--532. Invited paper, Abstract in the Bulletin of the ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, Miami (FL), October 1986.

  46. A. LaVigna, A.M. Makowski and J.S. Baras, "A continuous--time distributed Wald's sequential hypothesis testing problem," in Analysis and Optimization of Systems, Edrs. A. Bensoussan and J.L. Lions, Lecture Notes in Control and Informaton Sciences 83, Springer--Verlag, Berlin (1986), in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Analysis and Optimization of Systems, Antibes (France), June 1986, pp. 533--543. Booklet of Abstracts of the 1986 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 1986), The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MI), October 1986.

    47. 1985-1980

  47. F. Baccelli, A.M. Makowski and A. Shwartz, "Simple computable bounds and approximations for the Fork--Join queue," in Proceedings of the International Seminar on Computer Networking and Performance Evaluation, Tokyo (Japan), September 1985, pp. 437--450.

  48. A.M. Makowski, W.S. Levine and M. Asher, "The nonlinear MMSE filter for partially observed systems driven by non--Gaussian white noise with applications to failure estimation," in Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 1984), Las Vegas (NV), December 1984, pp. 644--650.

  49. A.M. Makowski, W.S. Levine and M. Asher, "The nonlinear MMSE filter for tracking partially observable randomly maneuvering targets," in Proceedings of the 7th MIT/ONR Workshop on C^3 Systems, San Diego (CA), June 1984, pp. 191--196.

  50. A.J. Dorsey and A.M. Makowski, "Two competing queues with linear costs: The μ c--rule is often optimal," in Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 1983), San Antonio (TX), December 1983, pp. 1173--1178. Abstracts for Applied Probability in Biology and Engineering, an ORSA/TIMS Special Interest Meeting, University of Kentucky, Lexington (KY), July 1983, Advances in Applied Probability 16 (1984), pp. 1--29.

  51. A.M. Makowski, "A converse of the Output Theorem of Queueing Theory: A martingale approach," in Modelling and Performance Evaluation Methodology}, Edrs. F. Baccelli and G. Fayolle, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 60, Springer--Verlag, Berlin (1984), in Proceedings of the International Seminar, Paris (France), January 1983, pp. 21--28.

  52. A.M. Makowski, "Results on the filtering problem for linear systems with non--Gaussian initial conditions," in Proceedings of the 21st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 1982), Orlando (FL), December 1982, pp. 201--204.

  53. A.M. Makowski, "A control--theoretic approach to optimal stopping," in Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 1980), Albuquerque (NM), December 1980, pp. 158--162.

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