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math.PR2012★ 18 cited
Queuing with future information
Joel Spencer, Madhu Sudan, Kuang Xu
We study an admissions control problem, where a queue with service rate receives incoming jobs at rate , and the decision maker is allowed to redirect away jobs…
cs.DC2012★ 3 cited
On the Power of Centralization in Distributed Processing
Kuang Xu
In this thesis, we propose and analyze a multi-server model that captures a performance trade-off between centralized and distributed processing. In our model, a fraction of an…
math.OC2012★ 1 cited
Go Viral, or Not: Rate-Optimal Control for Resource-Constrained Branching Processes
Shie Mannor, Kuang Xu
We propose and analyze a new class of controlled multi-type branching processes with a per-step linear resource constraint, motivated by potential applications in viral marketing a…