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Solving the static design routing and wavelength assignment problem

  • Helmut Simonis

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Abstract

In this paper we present a hybrid model for the static design variant of the routing and wavelength assignment problem in directed networks, an important benchmark problem in optical network design. Our solution uses a decomposition into a MIP model for the routing aspect, combined with a graph coloring step modelled using either MIP (Coin-OR), SAT (minisat) or finite domain constraints (ECLiPSe). We consider two possible objective functions, one minimizing the maximal number of frequencies used on any of the links, the other minimizing the total number of frequencies used. We compare the models on a set of benchmark tests, results show that the constraint model is much more scalable than the alternatives considered, and is the only one producing proven optimal or near optimal results when minimizing the total number of wavelengths.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Advances in Constraints - 14th Annual ERCIM International Workshop on Constraint Solving and Constraint Logic Programming, CSCLP 2009, Revised Selected Papers
Pages59-75
Number of pages17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event14th Annual ERCIM International Workshop on Constraint Solving and Constraint Logic Programming, CSCLP 2009 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 15 Jun 200917 Jun 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6384 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th Annual ERCIM International Workshop on Constraint Solving and Constraint Logic Programming, CSCLP 2009
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period15/06/0917/06/09

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