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The Ring Spur Assignment Problem: New formulation, valid inequalities and a branch-and-cut approach

The Ring Spur Assignment Problem: New formulation, valid inequalities and a branch-and-cut approach
The Ring Spur Assignment Problem: New formulation, valid inequalities and a branch-and-cut approach
A new mathematical model is proposed for the Ring Spur Assignment Problem (RSAP) that arises in the design of next-generation telecommunication networks. In this problem, every node of the network lies either on a ring among a set of bounded disjoint local rings or is spurred by a single arc to another node on a local ring. A special ring, called a tertiary ring, interconnects the local rings. Our new integer programming model employs only variables and has a stronger LP relaxation. Several classes of valid inequalities and corresponding separation procedures are presented giving rise to an efficient branch-and-cut solution algorithm. We report optimal solutions for all SNDLib instances including those that have not previously been solved to optimality.
0305-0548
Neamatian Monemi, Rahimeh
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Gelareh, Shanin
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Neamatian Monemi, Rahimeh
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Neamatian Monemi, Rahimeh and Gelareh, Shanin (2017) The Ring Spur Assignment Problem: New formulation, valid inequalities and a branch-and-cut approach. Computers & Operations Research, 88. (doi:10.1016/j.cor.2017.06.016).

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A new mathematical model is proposed for the Ring Spur Assignment Problem (RSAP) that arises in the design of next-generation telecommunication networks. In this problem, every node of the network lies either on a ring among a set of bounded disjoint local rings or is spurred by a single arc to another node on a local ring. A special ring, called a tertiary ring, interconnects the local rings. Our new integer programming model employs only variables and has a stronger LP relaxation. Several classes of valid inequalities and corresponding separation procedures are presented giving rise to an efficient branch-and-cut solution algorithm. We report optimal solutions for all SNDLib instances including those that have not previously been solved to optimality.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 June 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 June 2017
Published date: December 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 412526
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/412526
ISSN: 0305-0548
PURE UUID: 40c6d6be-492f-425a-89df-a6093a670782

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Date deposited: 20 Jul 2017 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:33

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Author: Rahimeh Neamatian Monemi
Author: Shanin Gelareh

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