Infinite horizon optimal impulsive control with applications to Internet congestion control



Avrachenkov, Konstantin, Habachi, Oussama, Piunovskiy, Alexey ORCID: 0000-0002-9683-4856 and Zhang, Yi ORCID: 0000-0002-3200-6306
(2015) Infinite horizon optimal impulsive control with applications to Internet congestion control. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL, 88 (4). pp. 703-716.

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Abstract

We investigate infinite-horizon deterministic optimal control problems with both gradual and impulsive controls, where any finitely many impulses are allowed simultaneously. Both discounted and long-run time-average criteria are considered. We establish very general and at the same time natural conditions, under which the dynamic programming approach results in an optimal feedback policy. The established theoretical results are applied to the Internet congestion control, and by solving analytically and nontrivially the underlying optimal control problems, we obtain a simple threshold-based active queue management scheme, which takes into account the main parameters of the transmission control protocols, and improves the fairness among the connections in a given network.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 49N25, optimal impulsive control, Internet congestion control, alpha-fairness, long-run average and discounted criteria, infinite time horizon
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2015 11:26
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:07
DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2014.971436
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2005305