An efficient heuristic to dimension large-scale hybrid optoelectronic networks

Authors:
Franç/ois Cartier;Brunilde Sansò/;André/ Girard
Affiliations:
É/cole Polytechnique de Montré/al, GERAD and LORLAB, Montré/al, Canada;É/cole Polytechnique de Montré/al, GERAD and LORLAB, Montré/al, Canada;INRS-EMT and GERAD, Place Bonaventure, Montreacute/al, QC, Canada
Venue:
Computers and Operations Research
Year:
2006

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Abstract

This paper presents a new heuristic to solve efficiently the problem of dimensioning large-size hybrid optoelectronic networks with grooming. It is modeled as a large mixed integer program which cannot be solved to optimality in a reasonable amount of time for networks larger than 10 nodes. The heuristic is based on concepts borrowed from genetic algorithm, tabu search and simulated annealing. The definition of the populations and neighborhoods are discussed in depth along with the intensification and diversification procedures. An application of this heuristic to networks of up to 50 nodes has shown excellent results: The computational time is low and the average optimality gap is generally under 7%.