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The article discusses the design of self-aware networks (SANs), examining the theoretical and experimental research concerning the technical procedures necessary to establish such networks. SANs are comprised of nodes that can autonomously join and leave a network, as well as discover paths when a need to communicate arises. Other topics of discussion include connections that use paths which optimize the connections own quality of service (QoS) criteria and bio-inspired techniques for networking.

A virtual memory computer system with a fast buffer (cache) memory between primary memory and the central processing unit is considered. The optimal distribution it a program between the buffer and primary memory is studied using the program's lifetime function. Expression for the distribution of a program which maximizes the useful fraction of the cost-time integral of primary and fast buffer storage are obtained for swapping and nonswapping buffer management policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A paged virtual memory system using a finite number of page sizes is considered. Two algorithms for assigning pages to segments are discussed. Both of these algorithms are simple to implement. The problem of choosing the page sizes to minimize the expected value of total wasted space in internal fragmentation and in a page table, per segment, is then solved for a probability density function of segment size which may be expressed as a convex combination of Erlang densities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]