TY - GEN A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Koster, Arie M.C.A. A1 - Wessäly, Roland T1 - On the strength of cut-based inequalities for capacitated network design polyhedra N2 - In this paper we study capacitated network design problems, differentiating directed, bidirected and undirected link capacity models. We complement existing polyhedral results for the three variants by new classes of facet-defining valid inequalities and unified lifting results. For this, we study the restriction of the problems to a cut of the network. First, we show that facets of the resulting cutset polyhedra translate into facets of the original network design polyhedra if the two subgraphs defined by the network cut are (strongly) connected. Second, we provide an analysis of the facial structure of cutset polyhedra, elaborating the differences caused by the three different types of capacity constraints. We present flow-cutset inequalities for all three models and show under which conditions these are facet-defining. We also state a new class of facets for the bidirected and undirected case and it is shown how to handle multiple capacity modules by Mixed Integer Rounding (MIR). T3 - ZIB-Report - 07-08 KW - cutset-polyhedra KW - flow-cutset inequalities KW - network design KW - mixed integer programming Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9512 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Koster, Arie M.C.A. A1 - Orlowski, Sebastian A1 - Wessäly, Roland T1 - Capacitated network design using general flow-cutset inequalities N2 - This paper deals with directed, bidirected, and undirected capacitated network design problems. Using mixed integer rounding (MIR), we generalize flow-cutset inequalities to these three link types and to an arbitrary modular link capacity structure, and propose a generic separation algorithm. In an extensive computational study on 54 instances from the Survivable Network Design Library (SNDlib), we show that the performance of cplex can significantly be enhanced by this class of cutting planes. The computations reveal the particular importance of the subclass of cutset-inequalities. T3 - ZIB-Report - 07-14 KW - general flow-cutset inequalities KW - capacitated network design KW - mixed integer rounding KW - SNDlib Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9576 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Orlowski, Sebastian A1 - Pioro, Michal A1 - Tomaszewski, Artur A1 - Wessäly, Roland T1 - SNDlib 1.0--Survivable Network Design Library N2 - We provide information on the Survivable Network Design Library (SNDlib), a data library for fixed telecommunication network design that can be accessed at http://sndlib.zib.de. In version 1.0, the library contains data related to 22 networks which, combined with a set of selected planning parameters, leads to 830 network planning problem instances. In this paper, we provide a mathematical model for each planning problem considered in the library and describe the data concepts of the SNDlib. Furthermore, we provide statistical information and details about the origin of the data sets. T3 - ZIB-Report - 07-15 KW - telecommunication network design KW - data library KW - optimization Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9582 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Orlowski, Sebastian A1 - Koster, Arie M.C.A. A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Wessäly, Roland T1 - Two-layer Network Design by Branch-and-Cut featuring MIP-based Heuristics N2 - This paper deals with MIP-based primal heuristics to be used within a branch-and-cut approach for solving multi-layer telecommunication network design problems. Based on a mixed-integer programming formulation for two network layers, we present three heuristics for solving important subproblems, two of which solve a sub-MIP. On multi-layer planning instances with many parallel logical links, we show the effectiveness of our heuristics in finding good solutions early in the branch-and-cut search tree. T3 - ZIB-Report - 06-47 KW - multi-layer network design KW - integer programming KW - branch-and-cut KW - heuristics Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9412 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Koster, Arie M.C.A. A1 - Orlowski, Sebastian A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Bayer, Georg A1 - Engel, Thomas T1 - Single-layer Cuts for Multi-layer Network Design Problems N2 - We study a planning problem arising in SDH/WDM multi-layer telecommunication network design. The goal is to find a minimum cost installation of link and node hardware of both network layers such that traffic demands can be realized via grooming and a survivable routing. We present a mixed-integer programming formulation that takes many practical side constraints into account, including node hardware, several bitrates, and survivability against single physical node or link failures. This model is solved using a branch-and-cut approach with problem-specific preprocessing and cutting planes based on either of the two layers. On several realistic two-layer planning scenarios, we show that these cutting planes are still useful in the multi-layer context, helping to increase the dual bound and to reduce the optimality gaps. T3 - ZIB-Report - 07-21 KW - telecommunication network KW - multi-layer network design KW - mixed-integer programming KW - cutting planes Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-9641 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - THES A1 - Raack, Christian T1 - Employing Mixed-Integer Rounding in Telecommunication Network Design N2 - In dieser Diplomarbeit werden grundlegende Probleme der kostenoptimalen Dimensionierung von Telekommunikationsnetzwerken untersucht. Diese werden als lineare gemischt ganzzahlige Programme formuliert, wobei sich in der Modellierung auf die Konzepte Routing und Kapazitätszuweisung beschränkt wird. Es werden parallel drei übliche, aus der Praxis motivierte Möglichkeiten behandelt, die auf gerichteten oder ungerichteten Kanten eines Netzwerkes installierte Kapazität zu nutzen. Diese unterscheiden wir als DIrected, BIdirected und UNdirected. Die studierten Probleme treten als Relaxierungen vieler realistischer Fragestellungen der Netzwerkoptimierung auf. Sie enthalten elementare Strukturen, deren Studium ausschlaggebend ist für das Verständnis komplexerer Modelle. Letztere können zusätzliche Erfordernisse berücksichtigen, wie zum Beispiel die Ausfallsicherheit von Netzwerken. Zur Lösung solcher NP-schweren Optimierungsprobleme werden erfolgreich Branch & Bound und Schnittebenenverfahren kombiniert (Branch & Cut). Für die Wirksamkeit dieser Algorithmen ist es sehr nützlich, möglichst genaue Kenntnisse der Struktur der Seitenflächen der zugrundeliegenden Polyeder zu haben, welche die konvexe Hülle der Lösungsmenge beschreiben. Es sind starke gültige Ungleichungen zu finden, welche hochdimensionale Seitenflächen oder sogar Facetten definieren. Diese sollten zudem schnell separiert werden können und die numerische Stabilität der Algorithmen möglichst nicht beeinflussen. Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich im Wesentlichen mit der sehr allgemeinen Rundungstechnik Mixed- Integer Rounding (MIR) zur Verstärkung gültiger Ungleichungen unter Verwendung der Ganzzahligkeitsnebenbedingungen. Es wird eine MIR-Prozedur motiviert, bestehend aus den Schritten Aggregieren, Substituieren, Komplementieren und Skalieren, welche durch Ausnutzung der Struktur der gegebenen Parameter zu einer gültigen Basisungleichung führt, die dann durch MIR eine starke und oft facetten-induzierende Ungleichung gibt. Es werden verschieden Klassen solcher Ungleichungen untersucht und auf ihre Praxistauglichkeit beim Einsatz in Branch & Cut-Verfahren getestet. Nach einer kurzen Einführung werden in Kapitel 2 die für uns in dieser Diplomarbeit relevanten Probleme definiert. Kapitel 3 gibt eine ausführliche Übersicht über die Technik MIR.Wir beschäftigen uns vor allen Dingen mit den Begriffen Superadditivität und Lifting und behandeln Aspekte wie Numerik und beschränkte Variablen. Kapitel 4 und Kapitel 5 umfassen Untersuchungen zu so genannten cut sets. Diese Polyeder werden durch Schnitte in Netzwerken definiert und relaxieren die von uns behandelten Probleme. Hauptsächlich durch MIR entwickeln wir sowohl neue als auch bekannte Klassen von facetten-definierenden Ungleichungen für cut sets, wobei strukturelle Unterschiede herausgearbeitet werden, die durch die drei verschiedenen Typen der Kapzitätsbereitstellung und durch beschränkte Variablen entstehen. Als ein zentrales Resultat wird bewiesen unter welchen Bedingungen facetten-induzierende Ungleichungen für cut sets auch Facetten der zugehörigen relaxierten Polyeder sind. Im Kapitel 6 geben wir weitere Typen von MIR-Ungleichungen an, die auf anderen Netzwerkstrukturen basieren und weisen ferner auf offene Fragen sowie interessante Ideen hin. Das Kapitel 7 widmet sich schließlich der Entwicklung und Implementation von Separationsalgorithmen. Wir testen einige der entwickelten Ungleichungsklassen mit Hinblick auf Ihre Wirksamkeit zur Lösung von realistischen Problemen der Netzwerkdimensionierung aus der Telekommunikation und diskutieren die Ergebnisse. Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10023 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Idzikowski, Filip A1 - Orlowski, Sebastian A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Woesner, Hagen A1 - Wolisz, Adam T1 - Dynamic routing at different layers in IP-over-WDM networks -- Maximizing energy savings N2 - We estimate potential energy savings in IP-over-WDM networks achieved by switching off router line cards in low-demand hours. We compare three approaches to react on dynamics in the IP traffic over time, FUFL, DUFL and DUDL. They provide different levels of freedom in adjusting the routing of lightpaths in the WDM layer and the routing of demands in the IP layer. Using MILP models based on three realistic network topologies as well as realistic demands, power, and cost values, we show that already a simple monitoring of the lightpath utilization in order to deactivate empty line cards (FUFL) brings substantial benefits. The most significant savings, however, are achieved by rerouting traffic in the IP layer (DUFL), which allows emptying and deactivating lightpaths together with the corresponding line cards. A sophisticated reoptimization of the virtual topologies and the routing in the optical domain for every demand scenario (DUDL) yields nearly no additional profits in the considered networks. These results are independent of the ratio between the demand and capacity granularities, the time scale and the network topology, and show little dependency on the demand structure. T3 - ZIB-Report - 10-07 KW - network design KW - energy efficiency KW - power consumption KW - multi-layer KW - multi-hour KW - multi-period Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11692 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Poss, Michael A1 - Raack, Christian T1 - Affine recourse for the robust network design problem: between static and dynamic routing N2 - Affinely-Adjustable Robust Counterparts provide tractable alternatives to (two-stage) robust programs with arbitrary recourse. We apply them to robust network design with polyhedral demand uncertainty, introducing the affine routing principle. We compare the affine routing to the well-studied static and dynamic routing schemes for robust network design. All three schemes are embedded into the general framework of two-stage network design with recourse. It is shown that affine routing can be seen as a generalization of the widely used static routing still being tractable and providing cheaper solutions. We investigate properties on the demand polytope under which affine routings reduce to static routings and also develop conditions on the uncertainty set leading to dynamic routings being affine. We show however that affine routings suffer from the drawback that (even totally) dominated demand vectors are not necessarily supported by affine solutions. Uncertainty sets have to be designed accordingly. Finally, we present computational results on networks from SNDlib. We conclude that for these instances the optimal solutions based on affine routings tend to be as cheap as optimal network designs for dynamic routings. In this respect the affine routing principle can be used to approximate the cost for two-stage solutions with free recourse which are hard to compute. T3 - ZIB-Report - 11-03 KW - robust optimization KW - network design KW - recourse KW - affine adjustable robust counterparts KW - affine routing Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-12122 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Menne, Ulrich A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Wessäly, Roland A1 - Kharitonov, Daniel T1 - Optimal Degree of Optical Circuit Switching in IP-over-WDM Networks N2 - In this paper, we study the influence of technology, traffic properties and price trends on optimized design of a reference IP-over-WDM network with rich underlying fiber topology. In each network node, we investigate the optimal degree of traffic switching in an optical (lambda) domain versus an electrical (packet) domain, also known as measure of \emph{node transparency}. This measure is studied in connection to changes in traffic volume, demand affinity, optical circuit speeds and equipment cost. By applying variable design constraints, we assess the relative roles of the two distinct equipment groups, IP routers and optical cross-connects, with respect to resulting changes in cost-sensitive network architectures. T3 - ZIB-Report - 11-50 KW - IP-over-WDM KW - Circuit Switching KW - Opacity Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-14843 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Achterberg, Tobias A1 - Raack, Christian T1 - The MCF-Separator -- Detecting and Exploiting Multi-Commodity Flow Structures in MIPs N2 - Given a general mixed integer program (MIP), we automatically detect block structures in the constraint matrix together with the coupling by capacity constraints arising from multi-commodity-flow formulations. We identify the underlying graph and generate cutting planes based on cuts in the detected network. Our implementation adds a separator to the branch-and-cut libraries of SCIP and CPLEX. We make use of the complemented mixed integer rounding framework (cMIR) but provide a special purpose aggregation heuristic that exploits the network structure. Our separation scheme speeds-up the computation for a large set of MIPs coming from network design problems by a factor of two on average. T3 - ZIB-Report - 09-38 KW - mixed integer programming KW - network detection KW - cut-based inequalities KW - cplex KW - scip Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-11592 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Koster, Arie M.C.A. A1 - Kutschka, Manuel A1 - Raack, Christian T1 - Robust Network Design: Formulations, Valid Inequalities, and Computations N2 - Traffic in communication networks fluctuates heavily over time. Thus, to avoid capacity bottlenecks, operators highly overestimate the traffic volume during network planning. In this paper we consider telecommunication network design under traffic uncertainty, adapting the robust optimization approach of Bertsimas and Sim [2004]. We present three different mathematical formulations for this problem, provide valid inequalities, study the computational implications, and evaluate the realized robustness. To enhance the performance of the mixed-integer programming solver we derive robust cutset inequalities generalizing their deterministic counterparts. Instead of a single cutset inequality for every network cut, we derive multiple valid inequalities by exploiting the extra variables available in the robust formulations. We show that these inequalities define facets under certain conditions and that they completely describe a projection of the robust cutset polyhedron if the cutset consists of a single edge. For realistic networks and live traffic measurements we compare the formulations and report on the speed up by the valid inequalities. We study the "price of robustness" and evaluate the approach by analyzing the real network load. The results show that the robust optimization approach has the potential to support network planners better than present methods. T3 - ZIB-Report - 11-34 KW - robust network design KW - cutset inequalities Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-13890 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Achterberg, Tobias A1 - Raack, Christian T1 - The MCF-Separator – Detecting and Exploiting Multi-Commodity Flows in MIPs JF - Mathematical Programming C Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/383250gmx3184126/ IS - 2 SP - 125 EP - 165 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Idzikowski, Filip A1 - Orlowski, Sebastian A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Woesner, Hagen A1 - Wolisz, Adam T1 - Dynamic routing at different layers in IP-over-WDM networks – Maximizing energy savings JF - Optical Switching and Networking, Special Issue on Green Communications Y1 - 2011 UR - http://opus.kobv.de/zib/volltexte/2010/1230/ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Koster, Arie M.C.A. A1 - Raack, C. T1 - A packing integer program arising in two-layer network design T2 - Proceedings of the INOC 2009, Pisa, Italy Y1 - 2009 PB - International Network Optimization Conference CY - Pisa, Italy ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Idzikowski, Filip A1 - Orlowski, Sebastian A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Woesner, Hagen A1 - Wolisz, Adam T1 - Saving energy in IP-over-WDM networks by switching off line cards in low-demand scenarios T2 - Proceedings of the 14th conference on Optical network design and modeling Y1 - 2010 UR - http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1834075.1834085 SP - 42 EP - 47 PB - IEEE Press CY - Piscataway, NJ, USA ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Koster, Arie M.C.A. A1 - Orlowski, Sebastian A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Baier, Georg A1 - Engel, Thomas A1 - Belotti, Pietro T1 - Branch-and-cut techniques for solving realistic two-layer network design problems T2 - Graphs and Algorithms in Communication Networks Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/g3rt54x5w4110240 SP - 95 EP - 118 PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bley, Andreas A1 - Menne, Ulrich A1 - Klähne, Roman A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Wessäly, Roland T1 - Multi-layer network design – A model-based optimization approach T2 - Proceedings of the PGTS 2008, Berlin, Germany Y1 - 2008 SP - 107 EP - 116 PB - Polish-German Teletraffic Symposium CY - Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Werner, Axel A1 - Aurzada, Frank A1 - Bley, Andreas A1 - Eisenblätter, Andreas A1 - Geerdes, Hans-Florian A1 - Guillemard, Mijail A1 - Kutyniok, Gitta A1 - Philipp, Friedrich A1 - Raack, Christian A1 - Scheutzow, Michael ED - Deuflhard, Peter ED - Grötschel, Martin ED - Hömberg, Dietmar ED - Horst, Ulrich ED - Kramer, Jürg ED - Mehrmann, Volker ED - Polthier, Konrad ED - Schmidt, Frank ED - Schütte, Christof ED - Skutella, Martin ED - Sprekels, Jürgen T1 - Mathematics for telecommunications T2 - MATHEON - Mathematics for Key Technologies Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4171/137 VL - 1 SP - 75 EP - 89 PB - European Mathematical Society ET - EMS Series in Industrial and Applied Mathematics ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Büsing, Christina A1 - D'Andreagiovanni, Fabio A1 - Raymond, Annie T1 - Robust optimization under multiband uncertainty T2 - CTW 2013 Y1 - 2013 SP - 35 EP - 38 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - D'Andreagiovanni, Fabio A1 - Raymond, Annie T1 - Multiband Robust Optimization and its Adoption in Harvest Scheduling T2 - Proc. of FORMATH 2013 Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Büsing, Christina A1 - D'Andreagiovanni, Fabio A1 - Raymond, Annie T1 - 0-1 Multiband Robust Optimization T2 - Operations Research Proceedings 2013 Y1 - 2013 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dash, Sanjeeb A1 - Günlük, Oktay A1 - Raack, Christian T1 - A note on the MIR closure and basic relaxations of polyhedra JF - Optimization Research Letters Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www.optimization-online.org/DB_HTML/2010/12/2853.html VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - 198 EP - 199 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Koster, Arie M.C.A. A1 - Kutschka, Manuel A1 - Raack, Christian T1 - Towards Robust Network Design using Integer Linear Programming Techniques T2 - Proceedings of the NGI 2010, Paris, France Y1 - 2010 UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5534462 PB - Next Generation Internet CY - Paris, France ER - TY - JOUR A1 - D'Andreagiovanni, Fabio A1 - Krolikowski, Jonatan A1 - Pulaj, Jonad T1 - A fast hybrid primal heuristic for multiband robust capacitated network design with multiple time periods JF - Applied Soft Computing N2 - We investigate the Robust Multiperiod Network Design Problem, a generalization of the Capacitated Network Design Problem (CNDP) that, besides establishing flow routing and network capacity installation as in a canonical CNDP, also considers a planning horizon made up of multiple time periods and protection against fluctuations in traffic volumes. As a remedy against traffic volume uncertainty, we propose a Robust Optimization model based on Multiband Robustness (Büsing and D'Andreagiovanni, 2012), a refinement of classical Gamma-Robustness by Bertsimas and Sim (2004) that uses a system of multiple deviation bands. Since the resulting optimization problem may prove very challenging even for instances of moderate size solved by a state-of-the-art optimization solver, we propose a hybrid primal heuristic that combines a randomized fixing strategy inspired by ant colony optimization and an exact large neighbourhood search. Computational experiments on a set of realistic instances from the SNDlib (2010) show that our original heuristic can run fast and produce solutions of extremely high quality associated with low optimality gaps. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2014.10.016 VL - 26 SP - 497 EP - 507 ER -