Multi-objective optimization in computer networks using metaheuristics

Multi-objective routing in computer networks is the subject of this book, which treats it through metaheuristic search. The author motivates the work with multicast services such as internet television, internet radio and multipoint video streaming, which must keep bandwidth use, end-to-end delay and packet loss low while the network still supplies the resources it needs to function.

The book covers three network layers: IP at layer 3, MPLS at layer 2, and GMPLS along with wireless functions at layer 1. It introduces basic optimization ideas and the methods used to locate minimal solutions. It then compares traditional techniques with several metaheuristics for multi-objective problems, and shows how the networks discussed can be modeled analytically.

Later chapters apply these methods to multi-objective models for computer, optical and wireless networks, explaining how each model can be solved. Annexes provide C source code for the mathematical models in the text, including solver-based and programmed solutions to several of the optimization problems described.