The associative multifractal process: a new model for computer network traffic flows

A novel constructive mathematical model based on multifractal formalism in order to accurately characterizing the localized fluctuations present in the course of the traffic flows of today high-speed computer networks is presented. The proposed model would permit to analyze of self-similar second-order time series traffic flows, treating them as multifractal time series and representing total flows as the association of these series in terms of their convolution.