Presentation 2021-03-15
Approximate solution of the communication link load balancing problem using the lagrangian relaxation method
Daichi Shimizu, Fumiya Onogi, Norihiko Shinomiya,
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Abstract(in English) This study has focused on the UELB problem that aims at leveling the traffic load of a communication link in an information network by determining the path of a flow that minimizes the maximum load factor of the link. The UELB problem has been proved to be NP-hard, and an approximate solution method using the LP relaxation has been proposed to verify the results. This paper proposes another algorithm using the Lagrangian relaxation method in order to objectively evaluate the accuracy of the approximate solutions obtained so far. We have conducted comparison experiments with the method using LP relaxation. The result has demonstrated that the proposed algorithm has relatively higher computational complexity and taken a long time to calculate the solution because of using the subgradient method for the Lagrangian relaxation. In addition, the weakened constraints lead to resulting in a high traffic load factor, which indicates that the conventional LP relaxation is more effective.
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Keyword(in English) Network flow problem / Lagrangian relaxation method / Subgradient method
Paper # MSS2020-44
Date of Issue 2021-03-08 (MSS)

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Committee NLP / MSS
Conference Date 2021/3/15(2days)
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Place (in English) Online
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Topics (in English) MSS, NLP, Work In Progress (MSS only), and etc.
Chair Kiyohisa Natsume(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) / Shigemasa Takai(Osaka Univ.)
Vice Chair Takuji Kosaka(Chukyo Univ.) / Atsuo Ozaki(Osaka Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Takuji Kosaka(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) / Atsuo Ozaki(Kagawa Univ.)
Assistant Toshikaza Samura(Yamaguchi Univ.) / Hideyuki Kato(Oita Univ.) / Naoki Hayashi(Osaka Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Nonlinear Problems / Technical Committee on Mathematical Systems Science and its Applications
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Approximate solution of the communication link load balancing problem using the lagrangian relaxation method
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Network flow problem
Keyword(2) Lagrangian relaxation method
Keyword(3) Subgradient method
1st Author's Name Daichi Shimizu
1st Author's Affiliation Soka University(Soka Univ)
2nd Author's Name Fumiya Onogi
2nd Author's Affiliation Soka University(Soka Univ)
3rd Author's Name Norihiko Shinomiya
3rd Author's Affiliation Soka University(Soka Univ)
Date 2021-03-15
Paper # MSS2020-44
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) MSS-429
Page pp.pp.5-9(MSS),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2021-03-08 (MSS)