Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking First Workshop on Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking, CAAN 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada, August 5-7, 2004, Revised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the first workshop on Combinatorial and Algorithmic Aspects of Networking, held in Banff, Alberta, Canada in August 2004. The 12 revised full papers together with two invited papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The topics covered range from the web graph to game theory to string matching, all in the context of large-scale networks. This volume contains also 5 survey articles to round out the presentation and give a comprehensive introduction to the topic.