?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F169%2F&rft.title=Adapting+Search+Theory+to+Networks&rft.creator=Alspach%2C+Brian&rft.subject=Information+and+communication+technology&rft.description=The+CSE+is+interested+in+the+general+problem+of+locating+objects+in+networks.+Because+of+their+exposure+to+search+theory%2C+the+problem+they+brought+to+the+workshop+was+phrased+in+terms+of+adapting+search+theory+to+networks.+Thus%2C+the+first+step+was+the+introduction+of+an+already+existing+healthy+literature+on+searching+graphs.%0D%0A%0D%0AT.+D.+Parsons%2C+who+was+then+at+Pennsylvania+State+University%2C+was+approached+in+1977+by+some+local+spelunkers+who+asked+his+aid+in+optimizing+a+search+for++someone+lost+in+a+cave+in+Pennsylvania.+Parsons+quickly+formulated+the+problem+as+a+search+problem+in+a+graph.+Subsequent+papers+led+to+two+divergent+problems.+One+problem+dealt+with+searching+under+assumptions+of+fairly+extensive++information%2C+while+the+other+problem+dealt+with+searching+under+assumptions+of+essentially+zero+information.+These+two+topics+are+developed+in+the+next+two+sections.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F169%2F1%2Fsearch_theory.pdf&rft.identifier=++Alspach%2C+Brian++(2001)+Adapting+Search+Theory+to+Networks.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++