This book describes, analyzes, and recommends traffic engineering (TE) and quality of
service (QoS) optimization methods for integrated voice/data dynamic routing networks …

The design of a network for dynamic routing is made using the forecasted network loads.
Load uncertainties arising from errors in the forecast and from daily variations in network …

The Bell System has recently completed studies that are expected to result in substantially
improved forecasts for use in network planning. These improved forecasts are achieved …

This historical account of operations research at Bell Laboratories was drafted in the late
1970s when the authors were part of the Operations Research Center within Bell …

Forecasts of busy season trunk group traffic loads are required for planning the Bell
System's message network. Forecasting algorithms currently in use obtain estimates of …

Estimates of point-to-point telephone traffic are required for the current and the long-range
planning of the Bell System's Public Switched Network. Because of the potentially immense …

The Total Network Data System (TNDS) is a coordinated family of computer-based systems
that collect and process network measurements to aid the engineers, administrators, and …

Multi-stage planning processes arise in many situations in operations research and
economics. The purpose of the planning process is to adapt to a future described by certain …

This paper develops a generalization of some available approximations for the variance of
the estimate for offered load to a trunk or server group operating in a blocked‐calls‐cleared …

We review work on quality of service modelling, which allows the effects of many traffic,
network, and planning factors to be quantified. Recent developments include a new …