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In this work, we derive optimal transmission policies in an energy harvesting status update system. The system monitors a stochastic process which can be either in a normal or in an alarm state of operation. We capture the freshness of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-10 George Stamatakis , Nikolaos Pappas , Apostolos Traganitis

We consider an information updating system where an information provider and an information receiver engage in an update process over time. Different from the existing literature where updates are countable (hard) and take effect either…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-12-20 Melih Bastopcu , Sennur Ulukus

This paper investigates the problem of identifying state-dependent switching systems, a class of hybrid dynamical systems that combine multiple linear or nonlinear modes. We propose two broad classes of switching systems: switching linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Kaito Iwasaki , Sangli Teng , Anthony Bloch , Maani Ghaffari

Probabilistic and stochastic behavior are omnipresent in computer controlled systems, in particular, so-called safety-critical hybrid systems, because of fundamental properties of nature, uncertain environments, or simplifications to…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-09-08 Yu Peng , Shuling Wang , Naijun Zhan , Lijun Zhang

Delivering timely status updates in a timeliness-critical communication system is of paramount importance to assist accurate and efficient decision making. Therefore, the topic of analyzing Age of Information has aroused new research…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Aimin Li , Shaohua Wu , Jian Jiao , Ning Zhang , Qinyu Zhang

We examine the age of information (AoI) of a status update system that incorporates energy harvesting and uses the slotted ALOHA protocol. We derive analytically the average AoI and the probability that the AoI exceeds a given threshold.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Khac-Hoang Ngo , Giuseppe Durisi , Alexandre Graell i Amat , Andrea Munari , Francisco Lázaro

In this paper, we consider the age of information (AoI) of a discrete time status updating system, focusing on finding the stationary AoI distribution assuming that the Ber/G/1/1 queue is used. Following the standard queueing theory, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-02 Jixiang Zhang , Yinfei Xu

We present a comprehensive steady-state analysis of threshold-ALOHA, a distributed age-aware modification of slotted ALOHA proposed in recent literature. In threshold-ALOHA, each terminal suspends its transmissions until the Age of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Orhan Tahir Yavascan , Elif Uysal

This letter provides query-age-optimal joint sampling and transmission scheduling policies for a heterogeneous status update system, consisting of a stochastic arrival and a generate-at-will source, with an unreliable channel. Our main goal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-20 Abolfazl Zakeri , Mohammad Moltafet , Markus Leinonen , Marian Codreanu

This paper introduces a general framework to analyze and optimize age-of-information (AoI) in CSMA protocols for distributed uplink transmissions. The proposed framework combines two theoretical approaches. First, it employs second-order…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Siqi Fan , I-Hong Hou

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) rely heavily upon time-sensitive information update services to ensure the safety of people and assets, and satisfactory entertainment applications. Therefore, the freshness of information is a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Anik Mallik , Dawei Chen , Kyungtae Han , Jiang Xie , Zhu Han

Age of information (AoI) is an effective measure to quantify the information freshness in wireless status update systems. It has been further validated that the peak AoI has the potential to capture the core characteristics of the aging…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-05 Yuquan Xiao , Qinghe Du , George K. Karagiannidis

In this paper, for the discrete time status updating system with infinite size, we derive the explicit expression of average age of information (AoI), and the AoI's stationary distribution. Based on the discussions of difference between…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Jixiang Zhang , Yinfei Xu

Age of Information (AoI) has emerged as a key metric for assessing data freshness in IoT applications, where a large number of devices report time-stamped updates to a monitor. Such systems often rely on random access protocols based on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Andrea Munari , Cedomir Stefanovic

Age of information (AoI) is a powerful metric to evaluate the freshness of information, where minimization of average statistics, such as the average AoI and average peak AoI, currently prevails in guiding freshness optimization for related…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-29 Yuquan Xiao , Qinghe Du

We consider the age-of-information in a multi-class $M/G/1$ queueing system, where each class generates packets containing status information. Age of information is a relatively new metric that measures the amount of time that elapsed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-04-21 Longbo Huang , Eytan Modiano

This paper presents a new learning based Stochastic Hybrid System (LSHS) framework designed for the detection and classification of contingencies in modern power systems. Unlike conventional monitoring schemes, the proposed approach is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-30 Hamid Varmazyari , Masoud H. Nazari

In applications of remote sensing, estimation, and control, timely communication is not always ensured by high-rate communication. This work proposes distributed age-efficient transmission policies for random access channels with $M$…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Xingran Chen , Konstantinos Gatsis , Hamed Hassani , Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti

The present paper focuses on an IoT setting in which a large number of devices generate time-stamped updates addressed to a common gateway. Medium access is regulated following a grant-free approach, and the system aims at maintaining an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Hooman Asgari , Andrea Munari , Gianluigi Liva

This paper presents a hybrid approach to predict the evolution of technological maturity in R and D projects, using the oil and gas sector as an example. Integrating System Dynamics (SD) and Agent Based Modelling (ABM) allows the proposed…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-14 R. W. S. Pessoa , M. H. Næss , J. C. Bijos , C. M. Rebello , D. Colombo , L. Schnitman , I. B. R. Nogueira