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ISBN 978-1-61520-791-1; The Internet is an interconnection of multiple networks called domains. Inter-domain routing is ensured by BGP which preserves each domain's independence and announces routes arbitrarily chosen by domains. BGP messages carry no information concerning quality [...]

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The thesis includes the study of several variational problems involving both transport costs and concentration criteria. Some problems are given by the minimization of functional defined on the marginal measures of a transport problem, requiring one to be concentrated, the other diffuse [...]

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In a time span of twenty years, container transport by barge has acquired a significant share in the hinterland modal split for containers of the load centres Rotterdam and Antwerp. In other European load centres, barge container transport as yet plays a modest role, but the interest [...]