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Andalucía Assesses the Investment Needed to Deploy a Fiber-Optic Network

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  • Pablo Cortes

    (Ingeniería de Organización, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Seville University, Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain)

  • Jesus Muñuzuri

    (Asociación de Investigación y Cooperación Industrial de Andalucía (AICIA), Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain)

  • Luis Onieva

    (Asociación de Investigación y Cooperación Industrial de Andalucía (AICIA), Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain)

  • Juan Larrañeta

    (Ingeniería de Organización, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Seville University, Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain)

  • Juan M. Vozmediano

    (Ingeniería Telemática, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Seville University, Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain)

  • Jose C. Alarcon

    (Secretaría General de Sistemas de Información y Telecomunicaciones, Consejería de la Presidencia, Junta de Andalucía, Avda. de la Borbolla, 1, Seville, Spain)

Abstract

Setting up fiber-optic telecommunication networks requires large investments. The regional government of Andalusia assigned us the task of developing a tool capable of evaluating the deployment cost of a network to connect large cities and also to include smaller towns, to prevent their falling behind in the information society. The Andalusian regional government aimed to deploy a network capable of accessing most of the municipalities in the region, even those municipalities that could not be profitable from a monetary perspective. We developed a nonlinear mathematical-programming model with special focus on the investment costs. These costs included the costs of civil-engineering work, as well as those for deploying telematic links. We solved this complex problem using a genetic algorithm that we had previously tested with a set of trial problems. The government used the results to persuade private companies to expand their fiber-optic networks to reach small towns.

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  • Pablo Cortes & Jesus Muñuzuri & Luis Onieva & Juan Larrañeta & Juan M. Vozmediano & Jose C. Alarcon, 2006. "Andalucía Assesses the Investment Needed to Deploy a Fiber-Optic Network," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 36(2), pages 105-117, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:36:y:2006:i:2:p:105-117
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.1050.0167
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