3 papers
nlin.CD2000
Competitive Dynamics of Web Sites
Sebastian M. Maurer, Bernardo A. Huberman
We present a dynamical model of web site growth in order to explore the effects of competition among web sites and to determine how they affect the nature of markets. We show that…
cond-mat.stat-mech2000
Optimizing Traffic in Virtual and Real Space
Dirk Helbing, Bernardo A. Huberman, Sebastian M. Maurer
We show how optimization methods from economics known as portfolio strategies can be used for minimizing download times in the Internet and travel times in freeway traffic. While f…
chao-dyn1999
Restart Strategies and Internet Congestion
Sebastian M. Maurer, Bernardo A. Huberman
We recently presented a methodology for quantitatively reducing the risk and cost of executing electronic transactions in a bursty network environment such as the Internet. In the…