As described previously in "Overview" section, the inputs to the algorithm are the set W of workload scenarios with one workload scenario per application a, the S L O a for each application a over the planning horizon and (C^{max}_{n,t}) resources available for allocation to all applications at each tier n in each resource allocation interval t.
As discussed in "Overview" section, the output of the optimization is a resource allocation plan represented by the number of resources allocated to each tier n per application a, in each resource allocation interval t.
Initially, all applications are allocated one web server instance in each resource allocation interval.
In addition to documenting each allocation on the randomisation schedule, so as to generate a unique username and password to enable each randomised participant access to their allocated website program, the independent staff member will be required to assign the allocated program to the user's profile in the trial website.
In each resource allocation interval, the number of database instance cores is kept constant at 1 for each application.
Equation (5) places a maximum limit on the number of available resource instances for all A applications at each tier n in each resource allocation interval t.
In each centre, allocation to treatment group was made by dedicated research personnel outside the consultation-liaison service where patients were recruited, assessed and treated.
Because at the time of investigation pure airway resistance (i.e. without ETT resistance) was below 4 cmH2O·s/l in each patient, allocation according to airway resistance was not feasible.
For each allocation and each user, the serving and interfering sector channels are generated, which enables the calculation of user-specific post-processing SINR values and, thus, the PER for each user allocation in the network [11, 12].
