by Chi-ming Wat. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-82). / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Performance analysis of on-line algorithms --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Randomized algorithms --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Types of adversaries --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4 --- Overview of the results --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- The k-server problem --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Related Work --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Evolution of Work Function Algorithm --- p.12 / Chapter 2.4 --- Definitions --- p.16 / Chapter 2.5 --- The Work Function Algorithm --- p.18 / Chapter 2.6 --- The Competitive Analysis --- p.20 / Chapter 3 --- The weighted k-server problem --- p.27 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.27 / Chapter 3.2 --- Related Work --- p.29 / Chapter 3.3 --- Fiat and Ricklin's Algorithm --- p.29 / Chapter 3.4 --- The Work Function Algorithm --- p.32 / Chapter 3.5 --- The Competitive Analysis --- p.35 / Chapter 4 --- The Influence of Lookahead --- p.41 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.41 / Chapter 4.2 --- Related Work --- p.42 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Role of l-lookahead --- p.43 / Chapter 4.4 --- The LRU Algorithm with l-lookahead --- p.45 / Chapter 4.5 --- The Competitive Analysis --- p.45 / Chapter 5 --- Space Complexity --- p.57 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.57 / Chapter 5.2 --- Related Work --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3 --- Preliminaries --- p.59 / Chapter 5.4 --- The TWO Algorithm --- p.60 / Chapter 5.5 --- Competitive Analysis --- p.61 / Chapter 5.6 --- Remarks --- p.69 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusions --- p.70 / Chapter 6.1 --- Summary of Our Results --- p.70 / Chapter 6.2 --- Recent Results --- p.71 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- The Adversary Models --- p.71 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- On-line Performance-Improvement Algorithms --- p.73 / Chapter A --- Proof of Lemma1 --- p.75 / Bibliography --- p.77
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_320607 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Contributors | Wat, Chi-ming., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, vii, 82 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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