of our earlier work ([16]), where one-way traffic (i.e., all of the sources are on the same host and all of the destinations are on the other host) was studied. In this paper we investigate the dynamics that results from two-way traffic (in which there are data sources on both hosts). We find

and the "CUTE" [6] congestion recovery algorithms. We found that two-way traffic has dynamics which can significantly decrease fairness among competing connections using congestion avoidance. We present experiments that demonstrate this problem and our analysis of how twoway traffic results

We consider a random access network in which the nodes need to optimize their channel access rates. The nodes are assumed to be rational and interested in their performance seen as a transmitter as well as a receiver. By casting this problem as a non-cooperative game, we derive conditions for the Nash equilibrium. We also show the existence of a Nash equilibrium when the nodes are constrained by their battery power (for this case, the constraints on the access rates of the nodes become coupled). For the special case where all nodes are each other's neighbors, we find that the equilibrium is given by the solution of a system of linear equations. An adaptive distributed scheme is then proposed for learning this equilibrium and its convergence is studied numerically.

What does religion contribute in the dialogue with science? It often has been lamented that the dialogue encourages one-way traffic: Science makes a great impact on religion, so the comments go, but there is little or no discernible reciprocity; religion makes no impact on science. There is truth

§ To whom correspondence should be addressed. 2 Abstract. We study completely asymmetric 2-channel exclusion processes in 1 dimension. It describes a two-way traffic flow with cars moving in opposite directions. The interchannel interaction makes cars slow down in the vicinity of approaching cars

Abstract: Crossing the boundaries – between nature and artifact and between inanimate and living matter – is a major feature of the convergence between nanotechnology and biotechnology. This paper points to two symmetric ways of crossing the boundaries: chemists mimicking nature’s structures

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and avatara — a preliminary observation is made necessary by the juxtaposition of our two key terms, one derived from the Christian, the other from the Indian tradition. Comparative Religion, at least as it is practised today in Academia, has been forged, like most sciences and scholarly pursuits

intelligence is situated in the person of a good and decent man.] But conferences also offer opportunities and incentives (and deadlines) for getting on with our common work. In my view, the best way to honor Mayer Zald is to attempt to push forward intellectual projects in which he has played a leading role