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A new form of an unblockable network

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We compare the characteristics of folded reconfigurable and unblockable Clos networks obtained by simulation modeling. We consider new forms of unblockable networks: generalized and generalised residual Clos networks. We compare the characteristics of all these networks.

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Original Russian Text © V.S. Podlazov, 2014, published in Avtomatika i Telemekhanika, 2014, No. 10, pp. 139–152.

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Podlazov, V.S. A new form of an unblockable network. Autom Remote Control 75, 1826–1836 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117914100099

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