independent devices with conflicting interests. Packet forwarding at the routing layer of autonomous ad hoc networks was … in resource aware ad hoc networks, a belief-free equilibrium scheme was developed that reduces the impact of noise in … networks. This is accomplished by setting nodes to play a fixed strategy rather than independently choosing a rational strategy …

.This project extends HIDRA by designing a complete reactive routing implementation. This addresses the second Internet scalability … concern by reducing the number of routes maintained by BGP. Adding reactive routing still allows for incremental deployment of … provides background information on HIDRA, discusses reactive routing design details, and validates complete HIDRA behavior …

This dissertation examines the outcomes and effectiveness of public policies designed topromote the adoption of hybrid …-electric vehicles (HEVs). As a primary methodology, Iemploy cross-sectional analysis of hybrid registration data over time for U ….S. states andVirginia municipalities to examine the relationship between hybrid adoption and a varietyof socioeconomic and …

The hybrid electric vehicle is currently changing the automotive market at an impressive rate. While not as highly … market remains largely unchanged. As an unchanged market, there is still the opportunity to optimize a hybrid vehicle … this study is to investigate the potential benefits of adding an electricity grid interconnection to hybrid electric school …

We study a retail benchmarking approach to determine access prices forinterconnected networks. Instead of considering … i pays to network j as a linear functionof the marginal costs and the retail prices set by both networks. In thecase of …

We study how access pricing affects network competition when consumers'subscription demand is elastic and networks …

Networks are having a profound impact on the way society is organised at the local, national and international level …. Networks are not ‘business as usual’. The defining feature of networks and a key indicator for their success is the strength … and quality of the interactions between members. This relational power of networks provides the mechanism to bring …