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Path assignment for call routing: An application of tabu search

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We describe an implementation of tabu search that solves the path assignment problem, which is the problem of routing video data through an undercapacitated telecommunications network. Two versions of the tabu search were studied. Our results compare very favourably with those from other methods.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado at Denver, 80217, Denver, CO, USA

    Charles A. Anderson, Kathryn Fraughnaugh, Mark Parker & Jennifer Ryan

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This research was supported by a grant from the Colorado Advanced Software Institute. The work of Jennifer Ryan was also partially supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Office of Naval Research Contract #F49620-90-C-0033.

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Anderson, C.A., Fraughnaugh, K., Parker, M. et al. Path assignment for call routing: An application of tabu search. Ann Oper Res 41, 299–312 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02022997

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