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Calculation of minimal capacity vectors through k minimal paths under budget and time constraints

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Reducing the transmission time is an important issue for a flow network to transmit a given amount of data from the source to the sink. The quickest path problem thus arises to find a single path with minimum transmission time. More specifically, the capacity of each arc is assumed to be deterministic. However, in many real-life networks such as computer networks and telecommunication networks, the capacity of each arc is stochastic due to failure, maintenance, etc. Hence, the minimum transmission time is not a fixed number. Such a network is named a stochastic-flow network. In order to reduce the transmission time, the network allows the data to be transmitted through k minimal paths simultaneously. Including the cost attribute, this paper evaluates the probability that d units of data can be transmitted under both time threshold T and budget B. Such a probability is called the system reliability. An efficient algorithm is proposed to generate all of lower boundary points for (d, T, B), the minimal capacity vectors satisfying the demand, time, and budget requirements. The system reliability can then be computed in terms of such points. Moreover, the optimal combination of k minimal paths with highest system reliability can be obtained.

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  • Lin, Yi-Kuei, 2010. "Calculation of minimal capacity vectors through k minimal paths under budget and time constraints," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 200(1), pages 160-169, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:200:y:2010:i:1:p:160-169
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