Abstract

Network flows that vary over time arise naturally when modeling rapidly evolving systems such as the Internet. In this paper, we continue the study of equilibria for flows over time in the single-source single-sink deterministic queuing model proposed by Koch and Skutella. We give a constructive proof for the existence and uniqueness of equilibria for the case of a piecewise constant inflow rate, through a detailed analysis of the static flows obtained as derivatives of a dynamic equilibrium. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.