A Work-Time Optimal Algorithm for Computing All String Covers
In recent study of repetitive structures of strings, generalized notions of periods have been introduced. A typical regularity, the period u of a given string x, grasps the repetitiveness of x since x is a prefix of a string constructed by concatenations of u. A substring w of x is called a cover of x if x can be constructed by concatenations and superpositions of w. The notion “cover” is a generalization of periods in the sense that superpositions as well as concatenations are considered to define it, whereas only concatenations are considered for periods. 
 
We consider the all-covers problem, i.e., that of computing all the covers of a given string of length n. We present an optimal O(log log n)-time CRCW PRAM algorithm for the all-covers problem. Since there is an Ω(log log n) lower bound on the time complexity of the all-covers problem, our algorithm is work-time optimal.

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title: Efficient Algorithms for Approximate String Matching with Swaps
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title: Performance evaluation of optimal aggregate-flow scheduling: a simulation study
abstract: Providing scalable QoS-sensitive services to applications with varying degrees of elasticity using aggregate-flow scheduling is a challenging problem. In a previous paper , we advanced a theoretical framework where an optimal differentiated services provisioning problem is formulated and solved to yield solutions for optimal per-hop control. In this paper, we extend our previous work by investigating performance evaluation and implementation issues associated with the induced optimal differentiated services architecture. We design a system that realizes the optimal per-hop control coupled with end-to-end adaptive QoS control, and implement a practical enhancement by introducing a scaling function which is applied to the TOS field label value in the IP header at each router. The scaling function allows the service provider to configure the per-hop control so as to export customized QoS separation-essential when shaping end-to-end absolute QoS over per-hop relative QoS-commensurate with the QoS profiles of the service provider's user base. We use simulation to study the structural and dynamical properties of differentiated services as affected by optimal aggregate-flow per-hop control.

title: An architecture for noncooperative QoS provision in many-switch systems
abstract: With the proliferation of high-speed networks and networked services, provisioning differentiated services to a diverse user base with heterogeneous QoS requirements has become an important problem. The traditional approach of resource reservation and admission control provides both guarantees and graded services, however, at the cost of potentially underutilized resources and limited scalability. We describe a WAN QoS provision architecture that adaptively organizes best-effort bandwidth into stratified services with graded QoS properties such that the QoS needs of a diverse user base can be effectively met. This architecture-SBS (stratified best-effort service)-promotes a simple user/simple network realization where neither the user nor the network is burdened with complex computational responsibilities. SBS is scalable, efficient, and adaptive, and it complements the guaranteed service architecture, sharing a common network substrate comprised of GPS routers. It is also a functional complement, provisioning QoS efficiently commensurate with user needs, albeit at the cost of weaker protection. SBS is suited to noncooperative network environments where users behave selfishly and resource contention resolution is mediated by the principle of competitive interaction. A principal feature of SBS is the transformation of user-centric QoS provision mechanisms-a defining characteristic of competitive interaction entailing intimate user control of internal network resources-into network-centric mechanisms while preserving the former's resource allocation paradigm. End-to-end QoS control is facilitated by decentralized control based on Lagrangian optimization-achieve a target end-to-end QoS at minimum cost or resource usage-which, in turn, is amenable to distributed implementation. SBS achieves per-flow QoS control with zero per-flow state at routers and a packet header whose size is independent of hop count. SBS, in spite of foregoing both resource reservation and admission control, is able to provision stable, graded QoS.

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title: Efficient Shaping of User-Specified QoS Using Aggregate-Flow Control
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