Promptly growing demand for telecommunication services and information interchange has led to the fact that communication became one of the most dynamical branches of an infrastructure of a modern society. The book introduces to the bases of classical MDP theory; problems of a finding optimal САС in models are investigated and various problems of improvement of characteristics of traditional and multimedia wireless communication networks are considered together with both classical and new methods of theory MDP which allow defining optimal strategy of access in teletraffic systems. The book will be useful to specialists in the field of telecommunication systems and also to students and post-graduate students of corresponding specialties.
The increasing complexity of telecommunication networks requires us to develop adequate mathematical models. We must find their characteristics, optimize them subject to chosen criteria, and develop the corresponding control algorithms. Multidimensional queueing models are used to design and optimize modern and next-generation networks (NGN). The central problem of the related mathematical theory is to apply multidimensional and large-size queueing models to improve efficiency. In this book new methods are successively developed and applied to solve related problems. The book is recommended for researchers engaged with the mathematical theory of telecommunications traffic.
The increasing complexity of telecommunication networks requires us to develop adequate mathematical models. We must find their characteristics, optimize them subject to chosen criteria, and develop the corresponding control algorithms. Multidimensional queueing models are used to design and optimize modern and next-generation networks (NGN). The central problem of the related mathematical theory is to apply multidimensional and large-size queueing models to improve efficiency. In this book new methods are successively developed and applied to solve related problems. The book is recommended for researchers engaged with the mathematical theory of telecommunications traffic.
Promptly growing demand for telecommunication services and information interchange has led to the fact that communication became one of the most dynamical branches of an infrastructure of a modern society. The book introduces to the bases of classical MDP theory; problems of a finding optimal САС in models are investigated and various problems of improvement of characteristics of traditional and multimedia wireless communication networks are considered together with both classical and new methods of theory MDP which allow defining optimal strategy of access in teletraffic systems. The book will be useful to specialists in the field of telecommunication systems and also to students and post-graduate students of corresponding specialties.
Driven by his love of tennis, Mike Agassi decided to teach his children how to play the game. It was his son Andreӳ talent that shone through the brightest, and Andre became dominant in the world of menӳ tennis. The Agassi Story begins on the streets of
What’s heaven to seven-year-old Andre Agassi? To never play tennis again. Yet his father has other plans. Mike Agassi was born in Iran, where Allied soldiers gave him a racket after the war and introduced him to the game. He shaves without soap or cream, boxed in the Olympics, and speaks five languages. The sixth is tennis. And his greatest dream is for his son to become number one in the world. A selection from the acclaimed autobiography Open, this is the tumultuous first confrontation between father and son, between the lines of the court: a searching portrait of Agassi before fame and success.
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. • "Agassi’s memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game.” —Time “Honest in a way that such books seldom are.” —The New York Times Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game’s highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in philanthropy, and—described in haunting, point-by-point detail—the highs and lows of his celebrated career.
Escrita por Andre Agassi, um dos mais queridos atletas da história e um dos jogadores mais talentosos a pisar numa quadra de tênis, temos em mãos sua maravilhosa e apaixonante autobiografia. O treinamento inacreditavelmente rigoroso de Agassi começou quando ele ainda era bem pequeno. Aos 13 anos, foi mandado para um acampamento de tênis, na Flórida, que para ele mais pareceu uma prisão. Sozinho, assustado, fora da escola antes de terminar o ensino médio, tornou-se um rebelde cuja revolta se manifestava de várias maneiras. Nos anos 1980, essa postura iria transformá-lo em um ícone. Pinta o cabelo, fura as orelhas para colocar brincos, veste-se como um adepto do punk rock. Na época em que se torna profissional, aos 16 anos, esse seu look promete mudar o tênis para sempre, assim como o fará seu fulminante retorno às quadras. Apesar de todo o seu talento natural, desde o começo ele enfrenta uma batalha atrás da outra. Sua confusão é perceptível quando perde para o melhor do mundo, e aumenta quando ele começa a ganhar. Depois de desperdiçar três finais de Grand Slam, Agassi choca o mundo, e a si mesmo, quando arrebata o título de Wimbledon em 1992. Da noite para o dia, torna-se o favorito dos fãs e alvo da mídia. Agassi nos proporciona uma retomada quase fotográfica de lembranças de cada jogo crucial, de cada relacionamento importante. Nunca, até agora, os bastidores do tênis e os holofotes da fama foram retratados com tanta exatidão. Ao lado de vívidas descrições de rivais pertencentes a várias gerações – Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer –, Agassi faz o relato nu e cru do breve tempo que passou com Barbra Streisand, assim como de seu fracassado casamento com Brooke Shields. Revela toda a sua esmagadora falta de confiança. E narra sua espetacular ressurreição, o regresso às quadras, cujo clímax foi sua épica campanha no Aberto da França em 1999, culminando com o recorde de ser o tenista mais velho a se tornar o número 1 do mundo. Num texto claro, ágil e conciso, Agassi coloca em cena seu leal irmão, seu sensato treinador, seu magistral preparador, todas as pessoas que o ajudaram a recuperar o equilíbrio e, finalmente, encontrar o amor com Stefanie Graf. Inspirado pela força interior de sua companheira, ele é capaz de lutar contra a dor incapacitante de suas costas e continuar sendo um perigoso adversário ao longo do vigésimo primeiro e último ano de sua carreira. Ao começar sua participação no derradeiro torneio de sua vida como tenista profissional, em 2006, é ovacionado pelo admirável triunfo de realizar uma metamorfose completa, de adolescente revoltado a respeitável cidadão, de jovem que abandonou a escola a um ardoroso defensor da educação. E isso ainda não é o fim. Num torneio do Aberto dos Estados Unidos para jogadores sênior, ele faz uma elegante última aparição, encerrada com uma das mais emocionantes despedidas já ouvidas numa arena esportiva. Em ritmo acelerado, pontuado por uma honestidade radical, Agassi será lido e apreciado durante muitos anos. Um verdadeiro presente para os fãs mais ardorosos, esta narrativa também cativará leitores que não conhecem tênis. Tal qual o jogo de Agassi, determina um novo padrão em termos de elegância, estilo, velocidade e impacto
« J'ai sept ans et je parle tout seul parce que je suis effrayé et parce que je suis le seul qui veuille bien m'écouter. Je murmure entre mes dents. “Abandonne, Andre, laisse tomber. Pose ta raquette et va-t'en de ce court, immédiatement.” » Agassi déteste le tennis. Pourtant, vingt ans durant, il s'est battu, il a gagné souvent, échoué parfois. Et l'engouement du public pour l'athlète doit beaucoup à l'homme qu'il est, son charisme et sa force, sa vérité. Le « kid de Las Vegas » se livre sans concession : il nous parle de son père tyrannique, du chaos punk des années 1980, de ses mensonges, de son couple, de sa fondation pour les enfants défavorisés. C'est un parcours extraordinaire qui se dessine là : celui d'un homme qui a choisi d'utiliser son succès pour changer le monde.
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