| dc.contributor.advisor | Peter Shor. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Redlich, Amanda E. (Amanda Epping) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mathematics. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-12-06T17:37:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-12-06T17:37:18Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2010 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60201 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 2010. | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 65). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Recently, there has been much research on processes that are mostly random, but also have a small amount of deterministic choice; e.g., Achlioptas processes on graphs. This thesis builds on the balanced allocation algorithm first described by Azar, Broder, Karlin and Upfal. Their algorithm (and its relatives) uses randomness and some choice to distribute balls into bins in a balanced way. Here is a description of the opposite family of algorithms, with an analysis of exactly how unbalanced the distribution can become. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Amanda E. Redlich. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 65 p. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by
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permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mathematics. | en_US |
| dc.title | Unbalanced allocations | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 681968171 | en_US |
