Result: On-line stream merging in a general setting

Title:
On-line stream merging in a general setting
Source:
Computing and combinatorics (COCOON 2001), Guilin, China, August 20-23, 2001Theoretical computer science. 296(1):27-46
Publisher Information:
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2003.
Publication Year:
2003
Physical Description:
print, 18 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong-Kong
ISSN:
0304-3975
Rights:
Copyright 2003 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems
Accession Number:
edscal.14570824
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

This paper is concerned with on-line scheduling algorithms for merging streams in a video-on-demand system so as to minimize the server bandwidth. We present the first algorithm that has a constant competitive factor (precisely, 5). Our algorithm, unlike previous ones, is not limited to the scenario where clients are equipped with large buffer and client receiving bandwidth. It remains 5-competitive in all settings of buffer size and receiving bandwidth. Technically speaking, our algorithm is based on a novel observation that the behavior of any schedule can be modeled by a rectilinear (binary) tree on a grid. This observation eases the analysis of our algorithm as well as the optimal algorithm.