The algorithmic techniques presented in this paper were used by the first author in algorithmic programming contests (the attached zip archive contains a few sample contest tasks and solutions of the authors as well as official solutions from the respective contests). The IEEE Xplore link to the final published version of the paper is here: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5204837&contentType=Conference+Publications&queryText%3DTime+Slot+Groups+-+A+Data+Structure+for+QoS-Constrained+Advance+Bandwidth+Reservation+and+Admission+Control
Time Slot Groups - A Data Structure for QoS-Constrained Advance Bandwidth Reservation and Admission Control