ValueTools 2011 - ValueTools 2011 : 5th International ICST Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools

5th International ICST Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools

May 16-20, 2011. Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (South of Paris), France

Scope

VALUETOOLS is an interdisciplinary conference which aims at gathering people from different communities using common advanced methodologies and tools for the purposes of performance evaluation, design, and model reduction. Traditionally, communities like the Communication Network, Computer Science, Control, Operation Research, and Signal Processing communities are involved in VALUETOOLS but the organization and steering committees encourage any community to contribute and share its know-how with other communities.

Conference Topics and Application Areas

Performance evaluation techniques will draw from the following:
Advanced simulation tools (simulation of rare events, parallel/distributed simulation, variance reduction techniques, hybrid system simulation);
Discrete event systems (Petri nets, max-plus algebra, automata, learning automata, timed automata, weighted automata);
Large system performance analysis (random matrix theory, mean field theory, large deviations, typical sequences);
Learning (learning automata, learning theory, machine learning, ODE approximations, stochastic differential equations);
Monte Carlo methods (Markov chain MC, sequential MC);
Queueing theory (Markovian queues and networks, network calculus, analytical models, approximation method, (in)sensitivity models, dynamic fluid models, diffusion models, Dam processes, perturbation approaches, control of queues);
Stochastic models (stochastic geometry, long-range dependence, self-similarity, point processes, traffic models and measurements);
Control theory (optimal control, multiobjective optimization and control, stochastic control, robust control and stabilization, model predictive, control hybrid and switched systems, control and performances, differential games control).
Envisaged applications are drawn from, but are not restricted to, the following areas:

Communication networks;
Computer networks (including peer-to-peer systems and traffic control services);
Computer systems (e.g., grid computing);
Control Theory;
Distributed systems (e.g., distributed control and distributed communication networks);
Interdisciplinary methodologies (economic, biological and social models);
Limit performance of detection, estimation, decoding techniques;
Machine learning;
Manufacturing systems and supply chains;
Optimization;
Public utility networks;
Resource allocation;
Road traffic and transportation systems;
Secure Networks;
Telecommunications.