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A Grasp Heuristic For Solving An Extended Capacitated Concentrator Location Problem

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  • BERNARD T. HAN

    (Department of Business Information Systems, Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA)

  • V. T. RAJA

    (Department of Information Management, 200 Bexell Hall, College of Business, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-2603, USA)

Abstract

Local Access Networks (LACNs) are often considered the "last mile" over the Internet provided that they are connected to some existing Wide Area Network backbone. In this paper, a revised LACN-WAN interconnection model is presented as an extension to the conventional Capacitated Concentrator Location Problem (CCLP). An efficient heuristic is also developed to seek near-optimal deployment of telecommunication devices (e.g. links, concentrators, etc.) while minimizing the total connection costs for the network interconnection. Our solution algorithm could serve as a decision-making tool in solving problems with a real world size (i.e. 120 nodes and 30 concentrators).

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  • Bernard T. Han & V. T. Raja, 2003. "A Grasp Heuristic For Solving An Extended Capacitated Concentrator Location Problem," International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 2(04), pages 597-617.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitdm:v:02:y:2003:i:04:n:s0219622003000835
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219622003000835
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