| dc.description.abstract | Empirical analysis has been the foundation for a great deal of network
research and has resulted in significant improvements to Internet systems,
protocols and practices. Recent progress applying a constantly expanding
set of increasingly more sophisticated statistical tools suggests the
emergence of a new type of empirical network research that could benefit
from a more principled approach for representing, analyzing, and
visualizing a wide variety of Internet-related measurements. To this
end, we propose and introduce in this position paper the concept of an
Internet-centric multi-resolution analysis (MRA). Internet MRA is a
structured approach to Internet data representation and establishes a
framework for systematically applying statistical analysis, signal
processing or machine learning techniques to provide critical insights
into a number of challenging network research problems. Ultimately,
the success of Internet MRA will be gauged by its ability to solve
important problems in network research and operations and in the new
lines of inquiry that it enables. | en_US |
