3-year PhD studentship available
16 May 2012
Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship to be
held in the Department of Statistics at the University of Auckland in
New Zealand. The studentship is supported by the Marsden Fund Council
from Government funding, administered by the Royal Society of New
Zealand
The closing date is 5 June 2012.
Project Title: Control of equilibria in stochastic networks with selfish routing.
Project Supervisors: Associate Professor Ilze Ziedins, Dr Mark Holmes.
Project Description: In many networks, individuals travelling
through the network make their own routing decisions without regard for
others (for instance, in traffic and communications networks). Networks
with selfish routing can experience very poor performance with long
delays and queues, and delays may even increase when extra capacity is
added to the system (for instance, by adding additional routes, or more
capacity or bandwidth on already existing routes). This project will
investigate the performance and control of queueing networks where
individuals choose their own route given some knowledge of the current
state of the network; and the extent to which a simple mechanism, such
as giving individuals more information about the state of the system,
can control poor behaviour.
A good background in applied probability and mathematics, with some scientific programming skills, is desirable.
The stipend is NZ$25,000 per annum (tax free) for three years plus tuition.
Students may commence at any time before December 2012.
Please send applications, including CV, academic record and the
contact details for two referees, by email to Associate Professor Ilze
Ziedins (
i.ziedins@auckland.ac.nz), who may also be contacted for further information.
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