Design of Survivable Networks

Mechthild Stoer

• 14 december 1992
• 9783540562719

Samenvatting:

The problem of designing a cost-efficient network thatsurvives the failure of one or more nodes or edges of thenetwork is critical to modern telecommunicationsengineering. In particular, acutting plane approach is described, based on polyhedralcombinatorics, that is ableto solve real-world problems ofthis type in short computation time.



The problem of designing a cost-efficient network that survives the failure of one or more nodes or edges of the network is critical to modern telecommunications engineering. The method developed in this book is designed to solve such problems to optimality. In particular, a cutting plane approcah is described, based on polyhedral combinatorics, that is able to solve real-world problems of this type in short computation time. These results are of interest for practitioners in the area of communication network design. The book is addressed especially to the combinatorial optimization community, but also to those who want to learn polyhedral methods. In addition, research problems are formulated.