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- Schael, S, et al.
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Precision electroweak measurements on the Z resonance
- 2006
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Ingår i: Physics Reports. - : Elsevier BV. - 0370-1573 .- 1873-6270. ; 427:5-6, s. 257-454
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on the final electroweak measurements performed with data taken at the Z resonance by the experiments operating at the electron-positron colliders SLC and LEP. The data consist of 17 million Z decays accumulated by the ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL experiments at LEP, and 600 thousand Z decays by the SLID experiment using a polarised beam at SLC. The measurements include cross-sections, forward-backward asymmetries and polarised asymmetries. The mass and width of the Z boson, m(Z) and Gamma(Z), and its couplings to fermions, for example the p parameter and the effective electroweak mixing angle for leptons, are precisely measured: m(Z) = 91.1875 +/- 0.0021 GeV, Gamma(Z) = 2.4952 +/- 0.0023 GeV, rho(l) = 1.0050 +/- 0.0010, sin(2)theta(eff)(lept) = 0.23153 +/- 0.00016. The number of light neutrino species is determined to be 2.9840 +/- 0.0082, in agreement with the three observed generations of fundamental fermions. The results are compared to the predictions of the Standard Model (SM). At the Z-pole, electroweak radiative corrections beyond the running of the QED and QCD coupling constants are observed with a significance of five standard deviations, and in agreement with the Standard Model. Of the many Z-pole measurements, the forward-backward asymmetry in b-quark production shows the largest difference with respect to its SM expectation, at the level of 2.8 standard deviations. Through radiative corrections evaluated in the framework of the Standard Model, the Z-pole data are also used to predict the mass of the top quark, m(t) = 173(+10)(+13) GeV, and the mass of the W boson, m(W) = 80.363 +/- 0.032 GeV. These indirect constraints are compared to the direct measurements, providing a stringent test of the SM. Using in addition the direct measurements of m(t) and m(W), the mass of the as yet unobserved SM Higgs boson is predicted with a relative uncertainty of about 50% and found to be less than 285 GeV at 95% confidence level. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Tang, Ao, et al.
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Window flow control : Macroscopic properties from microscopic factors
- 2008
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Ingår i: 27TH IEEE CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS (INFOCOM). - 9781424420254 ; , s. 538-546
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper studies window flow control focusing on bridging the gap between microscopic factors such as burstiness in sub-RTT timescales, and observable macroscopic properties such as steady state bandwidth sharing and flow level stability. Using new models, we analytically capture notable effects of microscopic behavior on macroscopic quantities. For loss-based protocols, we calculate the loss synchronization rate for different flows and use it to quantitatively explain the unfair bandwidth sharing between paced and unpaced TCP flows. For delay-based protocols, we show that the ratios of round trip delays are critical to the stability of the system. These results deepen the fundamental understanding of congestion control systems. Packet level simulations are used to verify our theoretical claims.
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- Aarum, S, et al.
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Operation for primary hyperparathyroidism: the new versus the old order. A randomised controlled trial of preoperative localisation
- 2007
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Ingår i: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society. - : SAGE Publications. - 1457-4969. ; 96:1, s. 26-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), parathyroid imaging is nowadays routinely used for the purpose to perform a focused unilateral minimally invasive operation. The outcome of this new strategy has, however, not been established in randomised trials. Material and Methods: Patients were randomised to either preoperative localisation with sestamibi scintigraphy and ultrasonography (group I) or no preoperative localisation (group II). In group I, a minimally invasive parathyroidectomy was performed in patients in whom both localisation studies were consistent with a single pathological gland, whereas a conventional bilateral neck exploration was performed in cases with negative localisation findings. In group II all patients underwent conventional bilateral neck exploration. Primary outcome measure was normocalcaemia at 6 months postoperatively. Results: In the preoperative localisation group (group I) 23/50 (46%) of the patients could be operated on with the focused operation whereas 26/50 (52%) were operated on by bilateral neck exploration. All patients in the no localisation group (group II; n=50) were operated on with the intended bilateral neck operation. Normocalcaemia was obtained in 96% and 94% in group I and II, respectively. Total (localisation and operative) costs were 21% higher in group I. Conclusions: Routine preoperative localisation, with the intention to perform minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, is not cost effective if concordant results of scintigraphy and ultrasonography are a prerequisite for the focused operation. Less than half of the patients were successfully managed with this strategy, at a higher cost and without obtaining a more favourable clinical outcome.
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- Jacobsson, Krister, et al.
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ACK-clocking dynamics: Modelling the interaction between windows and the network
- 2008
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Ingår i: 27TH IEEE CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS (INFOCOM). - 9781424420254 ; , s. 181-185
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- A novel continuous time fluid flow model of the dynamics of the interaction between ACK-clocking and the link buffer is presented.. A fundamental integral equation relating the instantaneous flow rate and the window dynamics is derived. Properties of the model, such as well-posedness and stability, are investigated. Packet level experiments verily that this new model is more accurate than existing models, correctly predicting qualitatively different behaviors, for example when round trill delays are heterogeneous.
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- Jacobsson, Krister, et al.
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An Improved Link Model for Window Flow Control and Its Application to FAST TCP
- 2009
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Ingår i: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 0018-9286 .- 1558-2523. ; 54:3, s. 551-564
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a link model which captures the queue dynamics In response to a change in a transmission control protocol (TCP) source's congestion window. By considering both self-clocking and the link integrator effect, the model generalizes existing models and is shown to be more accurate by both open loop and closed loop packet level simulations. It reduces to the known static link model when flows' round trip delays are identical, and approximates the standard integrator link model when there is significant cross traffic. We apply this model to the stability analysis of fast active queue management scalable TCP (FAST TCP) Including its filter dynamics. Under this model, the FAST control law is linearly stable for a single bottleneck link with an arbitrary distribution of round trip delays. This result resolves the notable discrepancy between empirical observations and previous theoretical predictions. The analysis highlights the critical role of self-clocking in TCP stability, and the proof technique is new and less conservative than existing ones.
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- Suchara, M., et al.
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Implementation of provably stable MaxNet
- 2008
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- MaxNet TCP is a congestion control protocol that uses explicit multi-bit signalling from routers to achieve desirable properties such as high throughput and low latency. In this paper we present an implementation of an extended version of MaxNet. Our contributions are threefold. First, we extend the original algorithm to give both provable stability and rate fairness. Second, we introduce the MaxStart algorithm which allows new MaxNet connections to reach their fair rates quickly. Third, we provide a Linux kernel implementation of the protocol. With no overhead but 24-bit price signals, our implementation scales from 32bit/s to lpeta-bit/s with a 0.001% rate accuracy. We confirm the theoretically predicted properties by performing a range of experiments at speeds up to 1 Gbit/sec and delays up to 180 ms on the WAN-in-Lab facility.
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- Tang, A., et al.
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An accurate link model and its application to stability analysis of FAST TCP
- 2007
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Ingår i: INFOCOM 2007. - : IEEE. - 1424410479 - 9781424410477 ; , s. 161-169
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a link model which captures the queue dynamics when congestion windows of TCP sources change. By considering both the self-clocking and the link integrator effects, the model is a generalization of existing models and is shown to be more accurate by both open loop and closed loop packet level simulations. It reduces to the known static link model when flows' round trip delays are similar, and approximates the standard integrator link model when the heterogeneity of round trip delays is significant. We then apply this model to the stability analysis of FAST TCP. It is shown that FAST TCP flows over a single link are always linearly stable regardless of delay distribution. This result resolves the notable discrepancy between empirical observations and previous theoretical predictions. The analysis highlights the critical role of self-clocking in TCP stability and the scalability of FAST TCP with respect to delay. The proof technique is new and less conservative than the existing ones.
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- Tang, A., et al.
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Linear stability analysis of FAST TCP using a new accurate link model
- 2006
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Ingår i: 44th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing 2006. - 9781604237924 ; , s. 599-606
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- A link model which captures the queue dynamics when congestion windows of TCP sources change was recently proposed. By considering both the self-clocking and the link integrator effects, the model is a generalization of the known extreme cases and is more accurate in general. In this paper, we apply this model to the stability analysis of FAST TCP. It is shown that FAST TCP flows over a single link are always linearly stable regardless of delay distribution. This result resolves the notable discrepancy between empirical observations and previous theoretical predictions. The analysis highlights the critical role of self-clocking in TCP stability and the scalability of FAST TCP with respect to delay. The proof technique is new and much less conservative than existing ones.
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