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infer_mlps.m
1function demandEst = infer_mlps(model, node, rt, class, ql)
2% INFER_MLPS MLPS demand estimation using sn struct-level operations.
3%
4% Estimates service demands at a PS queue using the Maximum Likelihood
5% for Processor Sharing method. Pre-builds augmented CTMC models for
6% each unique (tagClass, aQueue) combination once, then uses
7% sn_set_service + solver_ctmc directly inside the optimization loop.
8%
9% Inputs:
10% model - LINE Network model with delay rates set and queue rates to estimate
11% node - PS queue node (Station object)
12% rt - response time samples (column vector, n x 1)
13% class - class of each sample (column vector, n x 1)
14% ql - queue lengths at arrival (n x R matrix, per-class)
15%
16% Returns:
17% demandEst - 1 x R vector of estimated mean service demands
18%
19% Copyright (c) 2012-2026, Imperial College London
20% All rights reserved.
21% This code is released under the 3-Clause BSD License.
22
23sn = model.getStruct();
24R = sn.nclasses;
25nCores = node.getNumberOfServers();
26
27% Get delay rates from model
28delayIdx = 0;
29for i = 1:sn.nstations
30 if sn.sched(i) == SchedStrategy.INF
31 delayIdx = i;
32 break;
33 end
34end
35muZ = zeros(1, R);
36for k = 1:R
37 muZ(k) = sn.mu{delayIdx}{k}(1);
38end
39
40% Initial point estimate
41meanQL = mean(sum(ql, 2));
42Vtilde = min(meanQL, nCores);
43x0 = zeros(1, R);
44for j = 1:R
45 if ~isempty(rt(class == j))
46 x0(j) = Vtilde * mean(rt(class == j)) / meanQL;
47 else
48 x0(j) = 1e-3;
49 end
50end
51
52xLB = zeros(1, R);
53xUB = max(rt) * ones(1, R);
54
55newR = R + 1;
56augMuZ = [muZ, 0]; % placeholder for tagged class rate
57
58%% Pre-build augmented CTMC models for all unique (tagClass, aQueue)
59% This eliminates Network/ClosedClass/SolverCTMC construction from the
60% optimization loop. Only rates change between iterations.
61uniqueTC = unique(class);
62uniqueQL = unique(ql, 'rows');
63ctmcOpts = []; % will be set from first solver instance
64
65prebuilt = containers.Map('KeyType', 'char', 'ValueType', 'any');
66for u = 1:length(uniqueTC)
67 tc = uniqueTC(u);
68 augMuZ(newR) = muZ(tc);
69 for v = 1:size(uniqueQL, 1)
70 aq = uniqueQL(v, :);
71
72 % Population: move 1 job from tagClass to tagged class
73 N = aq; N(tc) = N(tc) - 1; N(newR) = 1;
74
75 % Build augmented Network model (once per combo)
76 augModel = Network('mlps_aug');
77 augNode = cell(1, 2);
78 augNode{1} = Delay(augModel, 'Think');
79 augNode{2} = Queue(augModel, 'Queue1', SchedStrategy.PS);
80 augNode{2}.setNumberOfServers(nCores);
81 for r = 1:newR
82 augClass = ClosedClass(augModel, sprintf('Class%d', r), N(r), augNode{1}, 0);
83 augNode{1}.setService(augClass, Exp(augMuZ(r)));
84 augNode{2}.setService(augClass, Exp(1)); % placeholder
85 end
86 P = augModel.initRoutingMatrix;
87 for r = 1:newR
88 P{r} = Network.serialRouting(augNode);
89 end
90 augModel.link(P);
91
92 % Use SolverCTMC to get proper options and run initial solve
93 solver = SolverCTMC(augModel);
94 if isempty(ctmcOpts)
95 ctmcOpts = solver.getOptions();
96 end
97 [infGen, eventFilt, ev] = solver.getGenerator();
98 stateSpaceAggr = solver.getStateSpaceAggr();
99 augSn = augModel.getStruct();
100
101 % Find tagged departure event indices (invariant across rate changes)
102 queueNodeIdx = augNode{2}.index;
103 taggedDepIdx = [];
104 for e = 1:length(ev)
105 if ev{e}.active{1}.node == queueNodeIdx && ...
106 ev{e}.active{1}.class == newR && ...
107 ev{e}.active{1}.event == EventType.DEP
108 taggedDepIdx(end+1) = e;
109 end
110 end
111
112 % Find subset where tagged job is at Queue (invariant)
113 queueStIdx = augNode{2}.stationIndex;
114 taggedColAtQueue = (queueStIdx - 1) * newR + newR;
115 subset = find(stateSpaceAggr(:, taggedColAtQueue) == 1);
116
117 % Extract queue state space for subset (invariant)
118 queueCols = (queueStIdx - 1) * newR + (1:newR);
119 SSqueue = stateSpaceAggr(subset, queueCols);
120
121 cacheKey = mat2str([tc, aq]);
122 prebuilt(cacheKey) = struct(...
123 'sn', augSn, ...
124 'queueStIdx', queueStIdx, ...
125 'taggedDepIdx', taggedDepIdx, ...
126 'subset', subset, ...
127 'SSqueue', SSqueue, ...
128 'N', N, ...
129 'tagClass', tc);
130 end
131end
132
133%% Optimization options
134options = optimset();
135options.Display = 'iter';
136options.LargeScale = 'on';
137options.MaxIter = 1e10;
138options.MaxFunEvals = 1e10;
139options.MaxSQPIter = 5000;
140options.TolCon = 1e-6;
141options.Algorithm = 'interior-point';
142
143[demandEst, ~] = fmincon(@objfun, x0, [], [], [], [], xLB, xUB, [], options);
144
145 function f = objfun(x)
146 TOL = 1e-6;
147 rates = 1 ./ x; % x = mean demands
148
149 % Build cache: update rates via sn_set_service, call solver_ctmc
150 cache = containers.Map('KeyType', 'char', 'ValueType', 'any');
151
152 keys = prebuilt.keys;
153 for kk = 1:length(keys)
154 key = keys{kk};
155 pb = prebuilt(key);
156
157 % Set augmented rates: base classes + tagged class
158 augRates = [rates, rates(pb.tagClass)];
159
160 % Update service rates in cached sn struct (cell-of-cells format)
161 sn_upd = pb.sn;
162 for cc = 1:newR
163 sn_upd = sn_set_service_coc(sn_upd, pb.queueStIdx, cc, augRates(cc));
164 end
165
166 % Run solver_ctmc with updated rates (reuses sn topology/state structure)
167 [infGen, ~, ~, Dfilt] = solver_ctmc(sn_upd, ctmcOpts);
168
169 % Build D1 from cached departure event indices
170 D1 = sparse(size(infGen, 1), size(infGen, 2));
171 for di = 1:length(pb.taggedDepIdx)
172 D1 = D1 + Dfilt{pb.taggedDepIdx(di)};
173 end
174
175 % Extract sub-generator using cached subset
176 MAPQ1 = infGen - D1;
177 A = full(MAPQ1(pb.subset, pb.subset));
178
179 cache(key) = struct('A', A, 'SSqueue', pb.SSqueue, 'N', pb.N);
180 end
181
182 % Compute likelihoods using cached CTMCs
183 ftemp = zeros(size(rt));
184 for r = 1:length(rt)
185 cacheKey = mat2str([class(r), ql(r, :)]);
186 cached = cache(cacheKey);
187 ftemp(r) = log(TOL + eval_mlps_likelihood(cached.A, cached.SSqueue, cached.N, rt(r)));
188 end
189 f = -sum(ftemp);
190 end
191
192end
193
194
195function LIKE = eval_mlps_likelihood(A, SSqueue, N, Rsam)
196% Compute MLPS likelihood from pre-built CTMC components.
197
198pie = zeros(1, length(A));
199idx = matchrow(SSqueue, N);
200if ~isempty(idx) && idx > 0
201 pie(idx) = 1;
202end
203
204MAP = {A, -A * ones(size(pie))' * pie};
205LIKE = map_pdf(MAP, Rsam);
206
207end