Publications

Journal Papers

  1. P. Marbach, A. Eryilmaz and A. Ozdaglar, "Asynchronous CSMA Policies in Multihop Wireless Networks with Primary Interference Constraints," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, pp. 3644-3676, June 2011.

  2. M. Vojnovic, J, Cruise, D. Guanawardena, and P. Marbach, "Ranking and Suggesting Popular Items," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, pp. 1133 - 1146, August 2009.

  3. P. Marbach and R. Pang, "Transmission Costs, Selfish Nodes, and Protocol Design," ACM Springer Wireless Networks, pp. 1-17, December 2006.

  4. P. Marbach and Y. Qiu, "Cooperation in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks: A Market-Based Approach," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol.13, pp. 1325-1338, October 2005.

  5. C. Yuen and P. Marbach, "Price-Based Rate Control in Random Access Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol.13, pp. 1027-1040, October 2005.

  6. P. Marbach, "Analysis of a Static Pricing Scheme for Priority Services,"(Gzipped Postscript), IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 12. pp. 312-325, April 2004..

  7. P. Marbach, "Priority Service and Max-Min Fairness,"(Gzipped Postscript), IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 11. pp. 733-746, October 2003.

  8. P. Marbach and J. N. Tsitsiklis, "Approximate Gradient Methods in Policy-Space Optimization of Markov Reward Processes,"(Gzipped Postscript), Journal of Discrete Event Dynamical Systems, Vol. 13, pp. 111-148, 2003.

  9. P. Marbach, "Differentiated Services Networks: Pricing and Software Agents,"(Gzipped Postscript), Int. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks - Special Issue on the Application of Intelligent Control and Optimization to Communications Systems and Networks, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2001.

  10. P. Marbach and J. N. Tsitsiklis, "Simulation-Based Optimization of Markov Reward Processes,"(Gzipped Postscript), IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 191-209, February 2001.

  11. P. Marbach, O. Mihatsch, and J. N. Tsitsiklis, "Call Admission Control and Routing in Integrated Service Networks Using Neuro-Dynamic Programming,"(Gzipped Postscript), IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 18, No. 2, February 2000, pp. 197-208.

Conference Papers

  1. M. Lotfinezhad and P. Marbach,, " Throughput-Optimal CSMA Protocols with Order-Optimal Delay," Proceedings of IEEE Infocom, pp. 2867-2875, Shanghai, April 2011.

  2. F. Wong and P. Marbach, " "Who are your Friends?" A Simple Mechanism that achieves Perfect Network Formation," Proceedings of IEEE Infocom, pp. 566-570, Shanghai, April 2011.

  3. L. Zhang and P. Marbach, " "Two is a Crowd" Optimal Trend Adoption in Social Networks," Proceedings of International Conference on Game Theory for Networks (GameNets), Shanghai, April 2011.

  4. G. Scalosub, P. Marbach, and J. Liebeherr , " Buffer Management for Aggregated Streaming Data with Packet Dependencies," Proceedings of IEEE Infocom, pp. 1-5, San Diego, March 2010.

  5. M. Mathioudakis, N. Koudas, and P. Marbach, " Early Online Identification of Attention Gathering Items in Social Media," Proceedings of the Third ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining, pp. 301-310, New York, February 2010.

  6. M. Loftinezhad and P. Marbach, " Delay Performance of CSMA policies in Multihop. Wireless Networks: A New Perspective," Proceedings of 2010 Information Theory and Applications (ITA) Workshop, 8 pages, San Diego, February 2010.

  7. M. Loftinezhad and P. Marbach, " Delay Performance of CSMA policies in Multihop. Wireless Networks: A New Perspective," Proceedings of 2010 Information Theory and Applications (ITA) Workshop, 8 pages, San Diego, February 2010.

  8. M. Loftinezhad and P. Marbach, " Throughput-delay Trade-off of CSMA Policies in Wireless Networks," Proceedings of 2010 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 1-2, Cairo, January 2010.

  9. M. Loftinezhad and P. Marbach, " On Channel Access Delay of CSMA Policies in Wireless Networks with Primary Interference Constraints," Proceedings of Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pp. 469-476, Monticello, IL, September 2009.

  10. M. H. Manshaei, P. Marbach, and J.-P. Hubaux, "Evoluation and Market Share of Wireless Community Networks," GameNets, 2009.

  11. S. Ioannidis and P. Marbach, "Absence of Evidence as Evidence of Absence: A Simple Mechanism for Scalable P2P Search," Infocom, 2009.

  12. A. Eryilmaz, P. Marbach, and A. Ozdaglar, "A Fluid-Flow Model for Backlog-Based CSMA Policies, " Wicon, 2008.

  13. P. Marbach and A. Eryilmaz, " A Backlob-Based CSMA-Mechanism to Achieve Fairness and Throughput-Optimality in Multihop Wireless Networks, " Allerton Conference, 2008.

  14. S. Ioannidis and P. Marbach, "On the Design of Hybrid Peer-to-Peer Systems," SIGMETRICS, 2008.

  15. M. H. Manshaei, J. Freudiger, M. Felegyhazi, P. Marbach, and J.-P. Hubaux, "On Wireless Social Community Networks," INFOCOM, 2008.

  16. M. H. Manshaei, J. Freudiger, M. Felegyhazi, P. Marbach, and J.-P. Hubaux, "Wireless Social Community Networks: A Game-Theoretic Analysis," IZS, 2008.

  17. P. Marbach, "A Lower-Bound on the Number of Rankings Required in Recommender Systems Using Collaborativ Filtering," CISS, 2008.

  18. P. Marbach, A. Eryilmaz, and A. Ozdaglar, " Achievable Rate Region of CSMA Schedulers in Wireless Networks with Primary Interference Constraints, " CDC, 2007.

  19. A. Eryilmaz, A. Ozdaglar, and P. Marbach, "A Randomized Scheduler for Interference-Limited Networks, " Asilomar Conference, 2007.

  20. P. Marbach, "Distributed Scheduling and Active Queue Management in Wireless Networks," INFOCOM, Minisymposium, 2007.

  21. P. Marbach, "Active Queue Management and Scheduling for Wireless Networks: The Single Link Case," CISS, 2006.

  22. Y. Gong and P. Marbach, "Interaction of Rate and Medium Access Control in Ad Hoc Networks: The Single Cell Case," Proceedings of ACM MobiHoc, 2006.

  23. S. Ioannidis and P. Marbach, " A Brownian Motion Model for Last Encounter Routing ," INFOCOM, 2006.

  24. Y. Gong and P. Marbach, " Modelling and Analysis of Wireless Local Area Networks,", Allerton Conference, 2005.

  25. S. Ioannidis and P. Marbach, " Towards an Understanding of EASE and its Properties,"(Gzipped Postscript), WiOpt 2005, April 2005..

  26. P. Marbach and R. Pang, " Transmission Costs, Selfish Nodes, and Protocol Design,"(Gzipped Postscript) WiOpt 2005, April 2005..

  27. P. Marbach, " Rate Control For Random Access Networks: The Finite Node Case,"(Gzipped Postscript), IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2004. Slides (ps, pdf)

  28. C. Yuen and P. Marbach, " End-to-End Rate Control for Networks with Random Access Links,"(Gzipped Postscript), IEEE CCECE, Niagra Falls, April 2004.

  29. X. Wu and P. Marbach, " Pricing and Rate Control in a Non-Cooperative Environment,"(Gzipped Postscript), IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2003.

  30. C. Yuen and P. Marbach, " Rate Control and Slotted Aloha,"(Gzipped Postscript), 41th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, October 2003.

  31. Y. Qiu and P. Marbach, " Bandwith Allocation in Ad-Hoc Networks: A Price-Based Approach,"(Gzipped Postscript), INFOCOM, 2003.

  32. P. Marbach and R. Berry, " Downlink Resource Allocation and Pricing for Wireless Networks,"(Gzipped Postscript), INFOCOM, 2002.

  33. P. Marbach, " Priority Service and Max-Min Fairness,"(Gzipped Postscript), INFOCOM, 2002.

  34. P. Marbach, " Pricing Differentiated Services Networks: Bursty Traffic,"(Gzipped Postscript), INFOCOM, 2001.

  35. P. Marbach and J. N. Tsitsiklis, "Simulation-Based Optimization of Markov Reward Processes: Implementation Issues,"(Gzipped Postscript), IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1999.

  36. P. Marbach, "Pricing Priority Classes in Differentiated Services Networks,"(Gzipped Postscript), 37th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 1999.

  37. P. Marbach, O. Mihatsch, and J. N. Tsitsiklis, "Reinforcement Learning for Call Admission Control and Routing in Integrated Service Networks"(Gzipped Postscript),IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1998.

  38. P. Marbach and J. N. Tsitsiklis, "Simulation-Based Optimization of Markov Reward Processes,"(Gzipped Postscript), IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1998.

  39. P. Marbach, O. Mihatsch, M. Schulte and J. N. Tsitsiklis, "Reinforcement Learning for Call Admission Control and Routing in Integrated Service Networks"(Gzipped Postscript), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 1998.

  40. P. Marbach and J. N. Tsitsiklis, "A Neuro-Dynamic Approach to the Admission Control in ATM Networks: The Single Single Link Case"(Gzipped Postscript), ICASSP, 1997.

Technical Reports

  1. P. Marbach, A. Eryilmaz, A. Ozdaglar, "On the Throughput-Optimality of CSMA Policies in Multihop Wireless Networks" Computer Networks Research Lab, University of Toronto, Technical Report CNRL-08-002, August, 2008.

  2. P. Marbach, "Simulation-Based Optimization of Markov Decision Processes,"(Gzipped Postscript) Ph.D. Thesis, Department of EECS, MIT, September 1998, Technical Report LIDS-TH-2429, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems.