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The optimal transmission lines assignment with maximal reliabilities (OTLAMR) in the multi-source multi-sink multi-state computer network (MMMCN) was investigated. The OTLAMR problem contains two sub-problems: the MMMCN reliabilities evaluation and multi-objective transmission lines assignment optimization. First, a reliability evaluation with a transmission line assignment (RETLA) algorithm is proposed to calculate the MMMCN reliabilities under the cost constraint for a certain transmission lines configuration. Second, the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) is adopted to find the non-dominated set of the transmission lines assignments based on the reliabilities obtained from the RETLA algorithm. By combining the RETLA and the NSGA-II algorithms together, the RETLA-NSGA II algorithm is proposed to solve the OTLAMR problem. The experiments result show that the RETLA-NSGA II algorithm can provide efficient solutions in a reasonable time, from which the decision makers can choose the best solution based on their preferences and experiences.
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Foundation item: Projects(61004074, 61134001, 21076179) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(2009BAG12A08) supported by the National Key Technology Support Program of China; Project(2010QNA5001) supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China; Projects(2012AA06A404, 2006AA04Z184) supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China
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Zhang, Y., Xu, Zg., Wang, Wh. et al. Optimal transmission lines assignment with maximal reliabilities in multi-source multi-sink multi-state computer network. J. Cent. South Univ. 20, 1868–1877 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-013-1685-6
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