Josu Doncel Vicente

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RESEARCH

Theses:

  • (PDF) PhD Thesis.
    Title: “Efficiency of Distributed Queueing Games and of Path Discovery Algorithms”.
    Advisors: O. Brun and B. J. Prabhu.
    March 2015.
  • (PDF) Master Thesis.
    Title: “Development and Testing of Index Policies in Internet Routers”.
    Advisors: U. Ayesta and P. Jacko.
    September 2011.

Publications:

You can also see my Google Scholar page here and DBLP here
  • (PDF) J. Anselmi, J. Doncel.
    "Load Balancing with Job-size Testing: Performance Improvement or Degradation?".
    To appear in ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS).
  • (PDF) A. Busic, J. Doncel, J. M. Fourneau.
    "Dynamic Load Balancing in Energy Packet Networks".
    Accepted in Performance Evaluation.
  • (PDF) F. Miguelez, J. Doncel, M. D. Ugarte.
    "Multivariate Forecasting of Operating Times using Hidden Markov Models".
    Proceedings of International Workshop on Statistical Modelling (IWSM) 2024.
  • (PDF) G. Sagastabeitia, J. Doncel, J. M. Ramirez, A. Fernandez Anta, J. Aguilar.
    "A Stacking Ensemble Machine Learning Strategy for COVID-19 Seroprevalence Estimations in the USA based on Genetic Programming".
    Proceedings of IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) 2024.
  • (PDF) F. Miguelez, U. Ayesta, J. Doncel.
    "Price of Anarchy of Multiple Sources Under Competition".
    In Operations Research Letters. Volume 51, Issue 6, November 2023, Pages 605-611.
  • (PDF) B. Gandarias, J. Doncel, M. Assaad.
    "On the Age of Information of Processor Sharing Systems".
    In Journal of Communications and Networks, vol 25, n. 5, October 2023, Pages 643-656.
  • (PDF) M. Sanchez, J. Doncel.
    "Efficiency of Symmetric Nash Equilibria in Epidemic Models with Confinements".
    Proceedings of Valuetools 2023.
  • (PDF) A. Busic, A. Cadas, J. Doncel, J.M. Fourneau.
    "Product form solution for the steady-state distribution of a Markov chain associated with a general matching model with self-loops".
    Proceedings of 18th European Performance Engineering Workshop (EPEW 2022).
  • (PDF) G. Sagastabeitia, J. Doncel, N. Gast.
    "To Confine or not to Confine: A Mean Field Game Analysis of the End of an Epidemic".
    Proceedings of Eleventh International Workshop on Practical Applications of Stochastic Modelling (PASM 2022).
  • (PDF) A. Cadas, J. Doncel, A. Busic.
    "Analysis of an optimal policy in dynamic bipartite matching models".
    In Performance Evaluation, Volume 154, April 2022, 102286.
  • (PDF) F. Miguelez, J. Doncel, B. J. Prabhu.
    "Load-balancing for multi-skilled servers with Bernoulli routing".
    In Annals of Operations Research 312, pages 949-971 (2022).
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, M. Assaad.
    "Age of Information in a Decentralized Network of Parallel Queues with Routing and Packets Losses".
    In Journal of Communications and Networks, Volume 24 n. 1. February 2022.
  • (PDF) S. Samain, J. Doncel, A. Busic, J.M. Fourneau.
    "Multiclass Energy Packet Networks with Finite Capacity Energy Queues".
    In Performance Evaluation,Volume 152,2021,102228.
  • (PDF) M.H. Ly, J. Doncel, M. Assaad.
    "Age-Oriented Scheduling of Correlated Sources in Multi-server System".
    Proceedings of 17th International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems. Berlin, Germany. September 2021.
  • (PDF) A. Cadas, J. Doncel, J.M. Fourneau, A. Busic .
    "Flexibility can hurt dynamic matching system perform".
    Proceedings of International Symposium on Computer Performance, Modeling, Measurements and Evaluation. Milano, Italy. November 2021.
  • (PDF) F. Miguelez, J. Doncel, U. Ayesta.
    "A Resource Sharing Game for the Freshness of Status Updates".
    ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review 49 (2), 15-17.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, V. Mancuso.
    "Optimal performance of parallel-server systems with job size prediction errors".
    Operations Research Letters,Volume 49, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 459-464.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, M. Assaad.
    "Age of Information of Jackson Networks with Finite Buffer Size".
    IEEE Wireless Communications Letters vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 902-906, April 2021.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, N. Gast, B. Gaujal.
    "A Mean Field Game Analysis of SIR Dynamics with Vaccination".
    Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences. 36(2), 482-499.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, J.M. Fourneau.
    "Energy Packet Networks with Multiple Energy Packet Requirements."
    Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences 35 (1), 92-110.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, L. De la Pisa, A. Santos, A. Fernandez Anta.
    "A fair and scalable mechanism for resource allocation: the multilevel QPQ approach".
    IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 19439-19456, 2021.
  • (PDF) E. Bachmat, J. Doncel.
    "Non-Asymptotic Performance Analysis of Size-Based Routing Policies."
    Proceedings of IEEE 28th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS). 5 Nice, France. November 2020.
  • (PDF) S. Samain, J. Doncel, A. Busic, J.M. Fourneau.
    "Energy Packet Networks with Finite Capacity Energy Queues."
    Proceedings of 13th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools. Tsukuba, Japan. May 2020.
  • (PDF) E. Bachmat, J. Doncel, H. Sarfati.
    "Analysis of the Task Assignment based on Guessing Size policy."
    Performance Evaluation, Volume 142, September 2020, 102122.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, N. Gast, B. Gaujal.
    "Vaccination in a Large Population: Mean Field Equilibrium versus Social Optimum."
    Proceedings of 10th International Conference on NETwork Games, COntrol and OPtimization (NETGCOOP). Cargese, Corsica, France. September 2021.
  • (PDF) C. Thraves Caro, J. Doncel, O. Brun.
    "Optimal Path Discovery Problem with Homogeneous Knowledge"
    Theory of Computing Systems 64, pages 227-250 (2020)
  • (PDF) J. Anselmi, J. Doncel.
    "Asymptotically Optimal Size-Interval Task Assignments."
    IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 2422-2433, 1 Nov. 2019.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, N. Gast, B. Gaujal.
    "Discrete Mean Field Games: Existence of Equilibria and Convergence."
    Journal of Dynamics & Games, 2019, 6 (3) : 221-239.
  • (PDF) E. Bachmat, J. Doncel, H. Sarfati.
    "Performance and Stability Analysis of the Task Assignment based on Guessing Size Routing Policy."
    Proceedings of IEEE 27th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS). 4 Rennes, France. October 2019.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, N. Gast, M. Tribastone, M. Tschaikowski, A. Vandin.
    "UTOPIC: Under-Approximation Through Optimal Control."
    Proceedings of International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems (QEST). Glasgow, UK. September 2019.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, J.M. Fourneau.
    "Balancing energy consumption and losses with Energy Packet network models"
    Proceedings of International Conference on Fog Computing. Prague, Czech Republique. June 2019. Best paper award.
  • (PDF) A. Cadas, A. Busic, J. Doncel.
    "Optimal Control of Dynamic Bipartite Matching Models"
    Proceedings of 12nd EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools. Mallorca, Spain. March 2019. Best paper award.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, S. Aalto, U. Ayesta.
    "Performance Degradation in Parallel-Server Systems".
    IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Volume 47 (2), April 2019, Pages 875-888.
  • (PDF) M. Abidini, O. Boxma, J. Doncel.
    "Size-based Routing to Balance Performance of the Queues"
    Proceedings of 11th EAI International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools. Venice, Italy, December 2017.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, S. Aalto, U. Ayesta.
    "Economies of Scale in Parallel-Server Systems"
    Proceedings of IEEE Infocom International Conference on Computer Communications 3. Atlanta, USA. May 2017.
  • (PDF) E. Anton, C. Carballo, J. Doncel, C. Gorria, E. Iriondo, M. Lezaun.
    "Improvement of the Contact Center Performance"
    131st European Studying Group with Industry. Bilbao, Spain. May 2017.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, N. Gast, B. Gaujal.
    "Are mean-field games the limits of finite stochastic games?"
    Proceedings of 18th Workshop on MAthematical performance Modeling and Analysis. Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France. June 2016.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, U. Ayesta, O. Brun, B. Prabhu.
    "Is the Price of Anarchy the right measure for Load Balancing Games?".
    ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (ToIT) 14, 2-3, Article 18 (September 2014), 20 pages.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, U. Ayesta, O. Brun, B. Prabhu.
    "A Resource Sharing Game with Relative Priorities".
    Performance Evaluation, Volume 79, September 2014, Pages 287–305.
    Special Issue Performance 2014 2.
  • (PDF) H. Ben Cheikh, J. Doncel, O. Brun, B. Prabhu.
    "Predicting Response Times of Applications in Virtualized Environments".
    Proceedings of IEEE Network Cloud Computing and Applications. Rome, Italy. February 2014.
  • (PDF) K. Avratchenkov, U. Ayesta, J. Doncel, P. Jacko.
    "Congestion Control of TCP Flows in Internet Routers by Means of Index Policy".
    Computer Networks, Volume 57 Issue 17 (2013), Pages 3463-3478.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, U. Ayesta, O. Brun, B.J. Prabhu.
    "On the Efficiency of Non-Cooperative Load Balancing".
    Proceedings of IFIP Networking Conference. 1 Brooking, USA. May 2013.
  • (PDF) K. Avratchenkov, U. Ayesta, J. Doncel, P. Jacko.
    "Optimal Congestion Control of TCP Flows in Intenet Routers".
    Performance Evaluation Review, Volume 40 Issue 3, December 2012, Pages 62-64.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, J. M. Olaso, R. Justo, V. Guijarrubia, A. Perez, M. I. Torres.
    "Dialogue system based on EDECAN architecture".
    Proceedings of DEXA Workshops. Bilbao, Spain. September 2010.
  • (PDF) J. Doncel, J. M. Olaso, R. Justo, V. Guijarrubia, A. Perez, M. I. Torres.
    "Kiosko de información basado en sistema de diálogo multimodal."
    Procesamiento de Lenguaje Natural 45: 311-312 (2010).

Some Talks:

  • (Slides) "Performance and Stability Analysis of the Task Assignment based on Guessing Size Routing Policy."
    In IEEE Mascots 2019.
  • (Slides) "Economies of Scale in Parallel-Server Systems."
    In IEEE Infocom 2017.
  • (Slides) "On the Convergence to a Mean-Field Equilibrium."
    In Atelier en Evaluation de Performances 2016.
  • (Slides ) "A Mean-Field Game with Interactions for Epidemic Models".
    In Controle Optimal Stochastique 2015.
  • (Slides) "A Resource Sharing Game with Relative Priorities".
    In IFIP WG 7.3 Performance 2014.
  • (Slides) "On the Efficiency of Non-Cooperative Load-Balancing".
    In IFIP Networking 2013.
  • (Slides) "Optimal Congestion Control of TCP Flows in Intenet Routers".
    In Workshop on MAthematical performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA) 2012.

Research stays:

  • (Web) CentraleSupelec, France.
    September 2019-January 2020
    Host: Mohamad Assaad
  • (Web) DAVID laboratory, France.
    October 2018-January 2019
    Host: Jean-Michel Fourneau
  • (Web) INRIA Paris, France.
    June-July 2017, July-August 2019.
    Host: Ana Busic
  • (Web) IMT, Lucca, Italy.
    April 2016.
    Host: Mirco Tribastone.
  • (Web) LIG, Grenoble, France.
    September 2014.
    Hosts: Nicolas Gast and Bruno Gaujal.
  • (Web)INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France.
    July 2011.
    Host: K. Avratchenkov.
  • (Web) University of Zaragoza.
    March 2011 - April 2011.
    Host: Eduardo Lleida.

5. IEEE MASCOTS. CORE A. Acceptance Rate 2020: 27.4%, 34/124. ↩
4. IEEE MASCOTS. CORE A. Acceptance Rate 2019: 23.8%, 29/122. ↩
3. IEEE Infocom. CORE A*. Acceptance Rate 2017: 20.93%, 292/1.395. ↩
2. Performance. CORE A. Acceptance Rate 2014: 25.9%, 20/77. ↩
1. IFIP Networking. CORE A. Acceptance Rate 2014: 26.2%, 50/191. ↩