Preprints

  1. Optimal local storage policy based on stochastic intensities and its large scale behavior
    Matias Carrasco, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    Nov 2024
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Refereed journal articles

2024

  1. Dynamics and Optimization in Spatially Distributed Electrical Vehicle Charging
    Fernando Paganini, and Andres Ferragut
    IEEE Transacions on Control of Network Systems, Oct 2024
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  2. Queueing analysis of imbalance between multiple server pools with an application to 3-phase EV charging
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Mar 2024
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2023

  1. Generalized Exact Scheduling: a Minimal-Variance Distributed Deadline Scheduler
    Yorie Nakahira, Andres Ferragut, and Adam Wierman
    Operations Research, Mar 2023
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2022

  1. Respect the unstable: delays and saturation in contact-tracing for disease control
    Richard Pates, Andres Ferragut, Richard Pivo, Pengcheng You, Fernando Paganini, and Enrique Mallada
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Mar 2022
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  2. Decoupling between SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility and population mobility associated with increasing immunity from vaccination and infection in South America
    Marcelo Fiori, Gonzalo Bello, Nicolás Wschebor, Federico Lecumberry, Andres Ferragut, and Ernesto Mordecki
    Scientific Reports, Mar 2022
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2021

  1. Scheduling EV charging with uncertain departure times
    Andres Ferragut, Lucas Narbondo, and Fernando Paganini
    ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Dec 2021
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  2. EDF vehicle charging under deadline uncertainty
    Andres Ferragut, Lucas Narbondo, and Fernando Paganini
    ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Sep 2021
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  3. Automatic cloud instance provisioning with quality and efficiency
    Diego Goldsztajn, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    Performance Evaluation, Sep 2021
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2019

  1. Proportional fairness for EV charging in overload
    Martin Zeballos, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Sep 2019
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2018

  1. Minimal-variance distributed deadline scheduling in a stationary environment
    Yorie Nakahira, Andres Ferragut, and Adam Wierman
    ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Dec 2018
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  2. Achieving fairness for EV charging in overload: a fluid approach
    Martin Zeballos, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Dec 2018
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  3. Minimal-variance distributed scheduling under strict demands and deadlines
    Yorie Nakahira, Andres Ferragut, and Adam Wierman
    ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Dec 2018
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  4. Optimal timer-based caching policies for general arrival processes
    Andres Ferragut, Ismael Rodriguez, and Fernando Paganini
    Queueing Systems, Dec 2018
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2017

  1. Controlling the number of active instances in a cloud environment
    Diego Goldsztajn, Andres Ferragut, Fernando Paganini, and Matthieu Jonckheere
    ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Dec 2017
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  2. Controlling the variability of capacity allocations using service deferrals
    Andres Ferragut, Fernando Paganini, and Adam Wierman
    ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS), Dec 2017
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  3. A Macroscopic View of Demand-Side Grid Regulation Through Fluid Queueing Models and ℋ2 Control
    Federico Bliman, Fernando Paganini, and Andres Ferragut
    IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Dec 2017
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2016

  1. Reciprocity and efficiency in peer exchange of wireless nodes through convex optimization
    Fernando Paganini, Martı́n Zubeldı́a, and Andres Ferragut
    IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, Dec 2016
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  2. Optimizing TTL caches under heavy-tailed demands
    Andres Ferragut, Ismael Rodrı́guez, and Fernando Paganini
    ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Dec 2016
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2015

  1. Queueing analysis of peer-to-peer swarms: Stationary distributions and their scaling limits
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    Performance Evaluation, Dec 2015
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  2. Neighbor selection for proportional fairness in P2P networks
    Martin Zubeldia, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    Computer Networks, Dec 2015
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  3. Fluid models of population and download progress in P2P networks
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Dec 2015
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2013

  1. Overcoming performance pitfalls in rate-diverse high speed WLANs
    Martı́n Zubeldı́a, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    Computer Networks, Dec 2013
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  2. Network resource allocation for users with multiple connections: fairness and stability
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on networking, Dec 2013
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2012

  1. Network Stability Under Alpha Fair Bandwidth Allocation With General File Size Distribution
    Fernando Paganini, Kevin Tang, Andres Ferragut, and Lachlan L. H. Andrew
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Dec 2012
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2011

  1. Reducción de oscilaciones en BitTorrent mediante mecanismos de unchoking preferencial
    Fabian Kozynski, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    Informatica na educação: teoria & pratica, Dec 2011
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  2. Optimizing revenue for bandwidth auctions over networks with time reservations
    Pablo Belzarena, Fernando Paganini, and Andres Ferragut
    Computer Networks, Dec 2011
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  3. Estudio dinamico y propuesta alternativa para el sistema BitTorrent
    Fabian Kozynski, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    Cadernos de Informatica, Dec 2011
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  4. Resource allocation over multirate wireless networks: A network utility maximization perspective
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    Computer Networks, Dec 2011
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Refereed conference proceedings

2024

  1. Caching or pre-fetching? The role of hazard rates
    Andres Ferragut, Matias Carrasco, and Fernando Paganini
    In 60th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Sep 2024
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  2. Timer-based pre-fetching for increasing hazard rates
    Andres Ferragut, Matias Carrasco, and Fernando Paganini
    In Mathematical Modeling and Analysis workshop, MAMA, Jun 2024
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2023

  1. Dynamic Load Balancing of Selfish Drivers between Spatially Distributed Electrical Vehicle Charging Stations
    Fernando Paganini, and Andres Ferragut
    In 59th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), Sep 2023
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  2. Spatial estimation of EV energy demand based on aggregated measurements
    Andres Ferragut, and Emiliano Espindola
    In 21th INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference, Jun 2023
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2022

  1. Symmetrical components analysis for managing phase imbalance in EV charge scheduling
    Diego Acuña, Andres Ferragut, Fernando Paganini, and Enrique Briglia
    In Proc. of the 13th ACM Conference on Intelligent Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy 2022), Jun 2022
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  2. Optimization of spatial infrastructure for EV charging
    Fernando Paganini, Emiliano Espindola, Diego Marvid, and Andres Ferragut
    In Proc. of the 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jun 2022
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2021

  1. The effect of deadline uncertanity on EV charge scheduling
    Lucas Narbondo, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference - Latin America (ISGT Latin America), Jun 2021
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2020

  1. Quadratic approximate dynamic programming for scheduling water resources: a case study
    Agustin Castellano, Camila Martı́nez, Pablo Monzón, Juan Andres Bazerque, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2020 IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference and Exhibition-Latin America (T&D LA), Jun 2020
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2019

  1. An optimization approach to load balancing, scheduling and right sizing of cloud computing systems with data locality
    Fernando Paganini, Diego Goldsztajn, and Andres Ferragut
    In 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Jun 2019
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  2. Proximal optimization for resource allocation in distributed computing systems with data locality
    Diego Goldsztajn, Fernando Paganini, and Andres Ferragut
    In 2019 57th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), Jun 2019
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  3. No need to rush: dealing with deadlines in EV charging
    Andres Ferragut, Martin Zeballos, and Fernando Paganini
    In 20th INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference, Jun 2019
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2018

  1. Preserving fairness in EV charging under time-varying congestion levels
    Martin Zeballos, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2018 IEEE 9th Power, Instrumentation and Measurement Meeting (EPIM), Jun 2018
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  2. Towards multi-timescale energy provisioning using stochastic dual dynamic programming
    Rodrigo Porteiro, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2018 IEEE 9th Power, Instrumentation and Measurement Meeting (EPIM), Jun 2018
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  3. Feedback control of server instances for right sizing in the cloud
    Diego Goldsztajn, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2018 56th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), Jun 2018
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2017

  1. A feedback control approach to dynamic speed scaling in computing systems
    Diego Goldsztajn, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2017 51st Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Jun 2017
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2016

  1. Grid frequency regulation with deferrable loads-an ℋ2-optimal control approach.
    Federico Bliman, Fernando Paganini, and Andres Ferragut
    In 2016 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), Jun 2016
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  2. Improving performance of multiple-level cache systems
    Ismael Rodrı́guez, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In Proceedings of the 2016 workshop on Fostering Latin-American Research in Data Communication Networks, Jun 2016
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2015

  1. Queueing analysis of service deferrals for load management in power systems
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2015 53rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), Jun 2015
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  2. Managing load deferability to provide power regulation
    Federico Bliman, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2015 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America (ISGT LATAM), Jun 2015
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  3. Controlling aggregates of deferrable loads for power system regulation
    Federico Bliman, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2015 American Control Conference (ACC), Jun 2015
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  4. Trading off efficiency and reciprocity in wireless peer-to-peer file sharing
    Fernando Paganini, Martı́n Zubeldı́a, and Andres Ferragut
    In 2015 13th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), Jun 2015
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2014

  1. Monotonicity and global stability in download dynamics of content-sharing networks
    Fernando Paganini, and Andres Ferragut
    In 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jun 2014
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2013

  1. Proportional fairness in heterogeneous peer-to-peer networks through reciprocity and Gibbs sampling
    Martı́n Zubeldı́a, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2013 51st Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), Jun 2013
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  2. Dynamics of heterogeneous peer-to-peer networks
    Fernando Paganini, Andres Ferragut, and Martı́n Zubeldı́a
    In 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jun 2013
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2012

  1. Averting speed inefficiency in rate-diverse WiFi networks through queueing and aggregation
    Martı́n Zubeldı́a, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2012 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Jun 2012
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  2. Content dynamics in P2P networks from queueing and fluid perspectives
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2012 24th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 24), Jun 2012
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  3. PDE models for population and residual work applied to peer-to-peer networks
    Fernando Paganini, and Andres Ferragut
    In 2012 46th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Jun 2012
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2011

  1. Dynamics of content propagation in BitTorrent-like P2P file exchange systems
    Andres Ferragut, Fabian Kozynski, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2011 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Jun 2011
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2010

  1. Connection-level dynamics in networks: stability and control
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Jun 2010
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  2. Network utility maximization for overcoming inefficiency in multirate wireless networks
    Andres Ferragut, Jose Garcia, and Fernando Paganini
    In 8th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2010), Jun 2010
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  3. User-centric network fairness through connection-level control
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2010, Jun 2010
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2009

  1. Stability of networks under general file size distribution with alpha fair rate allocation
    Fernando Paganini, Kevin Tang, Andres Ferragut, and Lachlan L.H. Andrew
    In 2009 47th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), Jun 2009
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  2. A connection level model for IEEE 802.11 cells
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In Proceedings of the 5th International Latin American Networking Conference, Jun 2009
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  3. Bandwidth allocation via distributed auctions with time reservations
    Pablo Belzarena, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jun 2009
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2008

  1. Auctions for resource allocation in overlay networks
    Pablo Belzarena, Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In International Conference on Network Control and Optimization (NET-COOP 2006), Jun 2008
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  2. Design and analysis of flow aware load balancing mechanisms for multi-service networks
    Andres Ferragut, Daniel Kofman, Federico Larroca, and Sara Oueslati
    In 2008 Next Generation Internet Networks, Jun 2008
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  3. Achieving network stability and user fairness through admission control of TCP connections
    Andres Ferragut, and Fernando Paganini
    In 2008 42nd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Jun 2008
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