Modelling and Control of Dynamic Flows in Communication Networks

0 Introduction.- I: Preliminary Considerations.- 1 The Hierarchy of Communication Network Models.- 2 Various Accuracy Models of the Single Server Queue.- II: Fundamental Concepts and Methods.- 3 Dynamic Flow Models of Stochastic Service Systems.- 4 Control-oriented Network Description.- 5 Model Structure, Fluctuations, and Stability.- 6 Simple Traffic Control Problem.- 7 System-optimal Network Flow Pattern.- III: Dynamic Flows Within Specific Networks.- 8 Control of Arrivals to a Random Access System.- 9 Routing and Flow Control in a Packet-switched Network.- 10 Congestion Offloading Procedure.- 11 Adaptive Control of Telephone Traffic.- IV: Multistrata Control Models.- 12 Dynamic Load Sharing in Data Networks.- 13 Coordination of Routing by Learning Automata.- Appendix A. Basic Concepts of Queueing Theory.- Appendix B. Pontryagin Minimum Principle.- References.