Distributed server allocation for content delivery networks

S Pattathil, VS Borkar, GS Kasbekar - arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.11471, 2017 - arxiv.org
arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.11471, 2017arxiv.org
We propose a dynamic formulation of file-sharing networks in terms of an average cost
Markov decision process with constraints. By analyzing a Whittle-like relaxation thereof, we
propose an index policy in the spirit of Whittle and compare it by simulations with other
natural heuristics.
We propose a dynamic formulation of file-sharing networks in terms of an average cost Markov decision process with constraints. By analyzing a Whittle-like relaxation thereof, we propose an index policy in the spirit of Whittle and compare it by simulations with other natural heuristics.
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