Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking : First Workshop on Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking, CAAN 2004, Banff, Alberta

Lopez-Ortiz, Alejandro

ISBN 10: 3540278737 / ISBN 13: 9783540278733

Published by Springer 2005-07, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking : First Workshop on Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking, CAAN 2004, Banff, Alberta
• Publisher: Springer 2005-07
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540278737
• ISBN 13: 9783540278733
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

TheInternetisamassiveglobalnetworkofover700millionusersanditisadding users at the rate of 300,000 per day. This large, distributed, and everchanging network poses a challenge to researchers: How does one study, model, or und- stand such a decentralized, constantly evolving entity? Research in large-scale networks seeks to address this question, and the unique nature of these networks calls for a range of techniques from a host of disciplines. The workshop Com- natorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking and the Internet (CAAN 2004) provided a forum for the exchange of ideas on these topics. The primary goals of the workshop were to bring together a diverse cro- section of researchers in an already scattered and distinct community and also to provide a snapshot of the cutting-edge research in this ?eld. We succeeded in these goals: among the participants were mathematicians, computer scientists in theory and algorithms, computer scientists in networks, physicists, and en- neers, as well as researchers from Europe and North America, participants from industry and academia, students, and established researchers; and among the papers were some new and surprising results as well as some introductions to the foundations of the ?eld. Theworkshopprogramfeatured12peer-reviewedpapersbracketedbytwoho- longinvitedsurveytalks anopeningtalkbyAshishGoelandaclosingtalkby- dreiBroder.TopicscoveredbythetalksrangedfromtheWebgraphtogametheory tostringmatching, allinthecontextoflarge-scalenetworks.Thisvolumecollects togetherthetalksdeliveredattheworkshopalongwithanumberofsurveyarticles toroundoutthepresentationandgiveacomprehensiveintroductiontothetopic.