{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3183902960","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/netsoft51509.2021.9492607","title":"Robust Virtual Network Function Deployment against Uncertain Traffic Arrival Rates","display_name":"Robust Virtual Network Function Deployment against Uncertain Traffic Arrival Rates","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-06-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3183902960","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/netsoft51509.2021.9492607","mag":"3183902960"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/netsoft51509.2021.9492607","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/netsoft51509.2021.9492607","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2021 IEEE 7th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048011832","display_name":"Fujun He","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2860-2930"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I22299242","display_name":"Kyoto University","ror":"https://ror.org/02kpeqv85","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I22299242"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39012071","display_name":"Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics","ror":"https://ror.org/05mzj8a56","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39012071"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fujun He","raw_affiliation_strings":["Kyoto University,Graduate School of Informatics,Kyoto,Japan","Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Kyoto University,Graduate School of Informatics,Kyoto,Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I22299242","https://openalex.org/I39012071"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I22299242","https://openalex.org/I39012071"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047825950","display_name":"Eiji Oki","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2177-5027"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I22299242","display_name":"Kyoto University","ror":"https://ror.org/02kpeqv85","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I22299242"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I39012071","display_name":"Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics","ror":"https://ror.org/05mzj8a56","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I39012071"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eiji Oki","raw_affiliation_strings":["Kyoto University,Graduate School of Informatics,Kyoto,Japan","Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Kyoto University,Graduate School of Informatics,Kyoto,Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I22299242","https://openalex.org/I39012071"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I22299242","https://openalex.org/I39012071"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.2556,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":13,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93063701,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"339","last_page":"347"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.9958000183105469,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10847","display_name":"Advanced Optical Network Technologies","score":0.994700014591217,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7473086714744568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-network","display_name":"Virtual network","score":0.7134945392608643},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-deployment","display_name":"Software deployment","score":0.667965292930603},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.4997563362121582},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.46258968114852905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-service","display_name":"Network service","score":0.45198121666908264},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.4505701959133148},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/function","display_name":"Function (biology)","score":0.4494943618774414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-virtualization","display_name":"Network virtualization","score":0.43078166246414185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtualization","display_name":"Virtualization","score":0.4302125573158264},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.3964204490184784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.12510251998901367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.09034252166748047}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7473086714744568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776874963","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4112081","display_name":"Virtual network","level":2,"score":0.7134945392608643},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105339364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2297740","display_name":"Software deployment","level":2,"score":0.667965292930603},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.4997563362121582},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.46258968114852905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779618445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1640628","display_name":"Network service","level":2,"score":0.45198121666908264},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.4505701959133148},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4494943618774414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779898492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4112081","display_name":"Network virtualization","level":4,"score":0.43078166246414185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C513985346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270471","display_name":"Virtualization","level":3,"score":0.4302125573158264},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.3964204490184784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.12510251998901367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.09034252166748047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78458016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840400","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/netsoft51509.2021.9492607","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/netsoft51509.2021.9492607","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2021 IEEE 7th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":33,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1988150362","https://openalex.org/W2062832101","https://openalex.org/W2105235982","https://openalex.org/W2109341366","https://openalex.org/W2131116400","https://openalex.org/W2138314086","https://openalex.org/W2147109706","https://openalex.org/W2153078864","https://openalex.org/W2222512263","https://openalex.org/W2239864473","https://openalex.org/W2260783129","https://openalex.org/W2292727593","https://openalex.org/W2321153315","https://openalex.org/W2520713530","https://openalex.org/W2552554409","https://openalex.org/W2586630827","https://openalex.org/W2590487735","https://openalex.org/W2609798306","https://openalex.org/W2612455248","https://openalex.org/W2623646697","https://openalex.org/W2890719226","https://openalex.org/W2907215288","https://openalex.org/W2959130435","https://openalex.org/W2966478887","https://openalex.org/W2981289914","https://openalex.org/W2995673860","https://openalex.org/W2996899367","https://openalex.org/W3022670307","https://openalex.org/W3091858434","https://openalex.org/W3099524428","https://openalex.org/W3119496488","https://openalex.org/W4230321496","https://openalex.org/W4231384169"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2461440407","https://openalex.org/W2317094215","https://openalex.org/W2606336747","https://openalex.org/W2128291817","https://openalex.org/W112648010","https://openalex.org/W2325418306","https://openalex.org/W2484122101","https://openalex.org/W3120413130","https://openalex.org/W2613616588","https://openalex.org/W2735219061"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Network":[0],"function":[1,38,60,94],"virtualization":[2],"enables":[3],"service":[4,54],"providers":[5],"to":[6,45,64,70,115,125,145],"flexibly":[7],"provision":[8],"services":[9,69],"with":[10,51,85],"virtual":[11,28,36,58],"network":[12,29,37,59,93],"functions.":[13],"Traffic":[14],"uncertainty":[15,44,81],"typically":[16],"exists":[17],"in":[18,89,141,155],"a":[19,27,34,103,146],"network,":[20],"which":[21],"can":[22],"degrade":[23],"the":[24,42,47,53,72,79,87,90,98,117,122,134,138,150],"performance":[25],"of":[26,92],"function.":[30],"This":[31],"paper":[32],"proposes":[33],"robust":[35,99],"deployment":[39,49,100,139],"model":[40,136],"against":[41],"traffic":[43,80,152],"minimize":[46],"total":[48],"cost":[50,140],"satisfying":[52],"delay":[55],"constraint.":[56],"A":[57,110],"instance":[61],"is":[62,113],"allowed":[63],"be":[65],"shared":[66],"by":[67,120],"different":[68,83],"reduce":[71],"initial":[73],"and":[74],"proportional":[75],"costs.":[76],"We":[77,96],"describe":[78],"from":[82],"aspects":[84],"considering":[86],"characteristics":[88],"context":[91],"virtualization.":[95],"formulate":[97],"problem":[101,118,124],"as":[102],"mixed":[104],"integer":[105],"second-order":[106],"cone":[107],"programming":[108],"problem.":[109],"heuristic":[111],"algorithm":[112],"introduced":[114],"solve":[116],"polynomially":[119],"decomposing":[121],"original":[123],"several":[126],"convex":[127],"problems.":[128],"The":[129],"numerical":[130],"results":[131],"reveal":[132],"that":[133,148],"proposed":[135],"saves":[137],"average":[142],"27%":[143],"compared":[144],"baseline":[147],"uses":[149],"deterministic":[151],"arrival":[153],"rate,":[154],"our":[156],"examined":[157],"scenarios.":[158]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-07-29T14:22:42.915294","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}