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On Distributed Communications

III. Determination of Path-Lengths in a Distributed Network

By: J. W. Smith

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Contents

Preface HTML

Summary HTML

Symbols HTML

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Section One: Introduction HTML

Section Two: The Routing Doctrine HTML

Section Three: Computational Techniques HTML

Section Four: Input-Choking and Stack Lengths HTML

Section Five: Edge Binding HTML

Section Six: Variations in Traffic Density HTML

Section Seven: The Best-Path Algorithm HTML

Appendix A:
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Appendix B:
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