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用Nesterov平滑技术求解组播网络设计问题的DC编程方法

A DC Programming Approach for Solving Multicast Network Design Problems via the Nesterov Smoothing Technique

W. Geremew, N. M. Nam, A. Semenov, V. Boginski, E. Pasiliao

摘要:

本文继续我们在[9]中开始的工作,通过使用数学优化技术来研究多播通信网络,该网络被建模为两级层次聚类问题。给定有限数量的节点,我们考虑两种不同的模型的组播网络,确定一定数量的节点作为集群中心,并在同一时间,定位一个特定的节点,作为总中心,以最小化通过网络的总运输成本。聚类中心和总中心必须在给定节点之间的事实使得该问题成为离散最优化问题。我们的方法是将离散问题转化为连续问题,并将Nesterov光滑逼近技术应用于作为距离测度的Minkowski规范上。这种方法使我们能够提出两个可实现的基于DCA的算法来解决问题。数值结果和实际应用来说明我们的方法。

英文摘要:

This paper continues our effort initiated in [9] to study Multicast Communication Networks, modeled as bilevel hierarchical clustering problems, by using mathematical optimization techniques. Given a finite number of nodes, we consider two different models of multicast networks by identifying a certain number of nodes as cluster centers, and at the same time, locating a particular node that serves as a total center so as to minimize the total transportation cost through the network. The fact that the cluster centers and the total center have to be among the given nodes makes this problem a discrete optimization problem. Our approach is to reformulate the discrete problem as a continuous one and to apply Nesterov smoothing approximation technique on the Minkowski gauges that are used as distance measures. This approach enables us to propose two implementable DCA-based algorithms for solving the problems. Numerical results and practical applications are provided to illustrate our approach.

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