• DocumentCode
    772232
  • Title

    An Aggregate Model for Network Modernization with Constraints

  • Author

    Mason, Lorne G.

  • Author_Institution
    INTS-Télécommunications, Verdun, P.Q., Canada
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    10/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1073
  • Lastpage
    1079
  • Abstract
    A linear programming model has been formulated and implemented for modernization problems with constraints. The complexity of the model is studied analytically and empirically as a function of problem size. A heuristic has been specified and implemented for solving the same problem. The solutions obtained by the linear program and the heuristic are compared for a modernization problem of current interest. The comparison is made on the basis of net present value of the policies selected and the time required to perform the calculations.
  • Keywords
    Communication system economics; Linear programming; Telephone systems; Aggregates; Availability; Communication switching; Communications Society; Cost function; Genetic programming; Infinite horizon; Linear programming; Switches; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1984.1095974
  • Filename
    1095974