About the Authors

Pankaj R. Telang

Contributed equally to this work with: Pankaj R. Telang, Anup K. Kalia, Munindar P. Singh

ptelang@gmail.com

Affiliation Cisco Systems Inc., Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Anup K. Kalia

Contributed equally to this work with: Pankaj R. Telang, Anup K. Kalia, Munindar P. Singh

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Munindar P. Singh

Contributed equally to this work with: Pankaj R. Telang, Anup K. Kalia, Munindar P. Singh

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: The authors are the originators of the Comma Approach. Pankaj R. Telang is employed by Cisco Systems Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PRT MPS. Performed the experiments: PRT AKK. Analyzed the data: AKK PRT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKK PRT. Wrote the paper: PRT AKK MPS.