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Solving the Two-Connected Network with Bounded Meshes Problem

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  • Bernard Fortz

    (Institut de Statistique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, SMG, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

  • Martine Labbé

    (Institut de Statistique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, SMG, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

  • Francesco Maffioli

    (DEI, Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Abstract

We study the problem of designing at minimum cost a two-connected network such that the shortest cycle to which each edge belongs (a “mesh”) does not exceed a given length K . This problem arises in the design of fiber-optic-based backbone telecommunication networks. A Branch-and-Cut approach to this problem is presented for which we introduce several families of valid inequalities and discuss the corresponding separation algorithms. Because the size of the problems solvable to optimality by this approach is too small, we also develop some heuristics. The computational performances of these exact and approximate methods are then thoroughly assessed both on randomly generated instances as well as instances suggested by real applications.

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  • Bernard Fortz & Martine Labbé & Francesco Maffioli, 2000. "Solving the Two-Connected Network with Bounded Meshes Problem," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 48(6), pages 866-877, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:48:y:2000:i:6:p:866-877
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.48.6.866.12390
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