Multi-Objective Multicast Routing based on Ant Colony Optimization

This work presents a new multiobjective algorithm based on ant colonies, which is used in the construction of the multicast tree for data transmission in a computer network. The proposed algorithm simultaneously optimizes cost of the multicast tree, average delay and maximum end-to-end delay. In thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Pinto, Diego, Barán, Benjamín, Fabregat Gesa, Ramon
Format: article
Status:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Publication Date:2005
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/8392
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/8392
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Algorismes
Algorithms
Telecomunicació -- Tràfic
Telecommunication -- Traffic
Protocols de xarxes d'ordinadors
Computer network protocols
Optimització matemàtica
Mathematical optimization
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Summary:This work presents a new multiobjective algorithm based on ant colonies, which is used in the construction of the multicast tree for data transmission in a computer network. The proposed algorithm simultaneously optimizes cost of the multicast tree, average delay and maximum end-to-end delay. In this way, a set of optimal solutions, know as Pareto set, is calculated in only one run of the algorithm, without a priori restrictions. The proposed algorithm was inspired in a Multi-objective Ant Colony System (MOACS). Experimental results prove the proposed algorithm outperforms a recently published Multiobjective Multicast Algorithm (MMA), specially designed for solving the multicast routing problem