10 Papers on Network Models Matthias Grossglauser School of Computer and Communication Sciences Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) ´ ´ 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.0 [Computer-Communication Networks]: General General Terms Performance, Scalability, Topology, Routing, Control, Inference Keywords Network Models First, models allow us to reason about scale before we are able or willing to build a large-scale artifact. Second, models can reduce the complexity of a question, by forcing us to try to lter out the salient features of a problem at hand. Third, new and practically relevant ways of approaching and solving a problem can come out of modeling e orts. Fourth, models are a useful didactic tool for the study of the systems we are building, in analogy to the natural sciences. Here, then, are some papers on network models that inspired me, and that I believe made a contribution beyond theory, by providing fresh insights or by showing the way to new solutions to old problems. The usual disclaimer applies: the list is heavily biased by my own interests. Enjoy! ¢ L. Kleinrock and F. Kamoun, Hierarchical Routing for Large Networks, Performance Evaluation and Optimization, Computer Networks, 1(3), pp. 155-174, January
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