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Quill 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-513940-2 311 $a0-19-999985-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction: Challenges and Potential of End-of-Life Care; Part 1. Underlying Values and Assumptions; 1. Same Old Seventeen-Dollar Lamps; 2. Humanistic End-of-Life Care; 3. Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making; 4. Partnerships in the Care of the Dying; 5. Nonabandonment: A Central Obligation of Physicians; Part 2. The Medical Interview: A Critical Clinical Tool; 6. Delivering Bad News; 7. Discussing Palliative Care with Patients; 8. Palliative Care for Patients with Severe Dementia: A Consensus-Based Approach to Decision Making 327 $a9. ""Doctor, I Want to Die! Will You Help Me?""Part 3. Difficult Clinical and Ethical Issues; 10. Hospice and Palliative Care: Clinical, Ethical, and Policy Challenges; 11. The Rule of Double Effect: A Critique of Its Role in End-of-Life Decision Making; 12. Palliative Options of Last Resort: A Comparison of Practices, Justifications, and Safeguards; 13. End-of-Life Care in the Netherlands and the United States: A Comparison of Values, Justifications, and Practices; Epilogue: All About My Brother; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W 330 8 $aIn this work the author uses his clinical experience caring for severely ill patients and their families to illustrate the challenges and potential of end-of-life care. 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Wiley$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 225 1 $aWiley series in communications networking & distributed systems 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-01293-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [345]-363) and index. 327 $aTHE COMPETITIVE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER; Contents; Foreword; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Part I Introduction and Basics; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Motivation; 1.2 Efficiency and Quality of Service; 1.2.1 Network Efficiency; 1.2.2 Network Quality of Service; 1.2.3 Trade-off between Efficiency and Quality of Service; 1.3 Action Space and Approach; 1.4 Overview; 2 Internet Service Providers; 2.1 A Classification Model for ISPs; 2.1.1 Definition of Internet Service Providers; 2.1.2 Internet Service Provider Roles; 2.1.3 Support Provider Roles; 2.1.4 End-users 327 $a2.2 Classification of Selected Providers2.3 Summary and Conclusions; 3 Performance Analysis Basics; 3.1 Queueing Theory; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Kendall's Notation; 3.1.3 Little's Law; 3.1.4 M/M/1 Queueing Systems; 3.1.5 M/M/1/B Queueing Systems; 3.1.6 M/G/1 Queueing Systems; 3.1.7 Other Queueing Systems; 3.1.8 Queueing Networks; 3.1.9 Conclusions; 3.2 Network Calculus; 3.2.1 Basics; 3.2.2 Example; 3.2.3 Conclusions; 3.2.4 Outlook; 3.3 Optimisation Techniques; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Modelling Optimisation Problems; 3.3.3 Solving Optimisation Problems; 3.4 Summary and Conclusions 327 $a4 Internet Protocols4.1 The Internet Protocol Stack; 4.1.1 IP; 4.1.2 UDP; 4.1.3 TCP; 4.1.4 Lower Layer Protocols; 4.2 Summary and Conclusions; 5 Applications; 5.1 World Wide Web; 5.1.1 QoS Requirements; 5.1.2 Traffic Model; 5.2 Peer-to-Peer Applications; 5.2.1 QoS Requirements; 5.2.2 Traffic Model; 5.2.3 The Future of P2P; 5.3 Online Games; 5.3.1 Computer Game Market; 5.3.2 Classification of Computer Games; 5.3.3 Online Game Architectures; 5.3.4 QoS Requirements; 5.3.5 Traffic Model; 5.4 Voice over IP; 5.4.1 QoS Requirements; 5.4.2 Traffic Model; 5.5 Traffic Classification 327 $a5.5.1 Port-based Traffic Classification5.5.2 Advanced Mechanisms; 5.6 Summary and Conclusions; Part II Network Architecture; 6 Network Architecture Overview; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Quality of Service Architectures; 6.2.1 Components of a Quality of Service System; 6.2.2 The Integrated Services Architecture; 6.2.3 Stateless Core Architectures; 6.2.4 The Diffserv Architecture; 6.2.5 Tuned Best-effort Architectures; 6.2.6 Other Architectures; 6.2.7 Classification of Quality of Service Architectures; 6.3 Data Forwarding Architecture; 6.3.1 IP Routing; 6.3.2 Label Switching 327 $a6.4 Signalling Architecture6.4.1 Routing Protocols; 6.4.2 Quality of Service Signalling Protocols; 6.4.3 Label Distribution Protocols; 6.5 Security Architecture; 6.6 Admission Control; 6.6.1 Location; 6.6.2 Flow and Network Behaviour; 6.6.3 Guarantees; 6.6.4 Other Properties; 6.7 Summary and Conclusions; 7 Analytical Comparison of Quality of Service Systems; 7.1 On the Benefit of Admission Control; 7.1.1 Fixed Load; 7.1.2 Variable Load; 7.1.3 Variable Capacity; 7.1.4 Summary and Conclusions; 7.2 On the Benefit of Service Differentiation; 7.2.1 Traffic Types; 7.2.2 Best-Effort Network Model 327 $a7.2.3 QoS Network Model 330 $aDue to the dramatic increase in competition over the last few years, it has become more and more important for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to run an efficient business and offer an adequate Quality of Service. The Competitive Internet Service Provider is a comprehensive guide for those seeking to do just that. Oliver Heckmann approaches the issue from a system point of view, looking not only at running a network, but also at connecting the network with peering and transit partners or planning the expansion of the network. The Competitive Internet Service Provider: