The Package Server Location Problem

Arnaud Malapert, Jean-Charles Régin, Jean Parpaillon

2013

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a new multi-objective optimization problem derived from a real-world application: the package server location problem. A number of package servers are to be located at nodes of a network. Demand for these package servers is located at each node, and a subset of nodes are to be chosen to locate one or more package servers. Each client is statically associated to a package server. The objective is to minimize the number of package servers while maximizing the efficiency and the reliability of the broadcast of packages to clients. These objectives are contradictory: the broadcast becomes more efficient as the number of servers increases. This problem is analyzed as a multi-objective optimization problem and a mathematical formulation is proposed. In addition, the criteria combination can be specified via a small dedicated language. Results for exact multi-objective solution approaches based on mixed integer linear programming are reported.

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Malapert A., Régin J. and Parpaillon J. (2013). The Package Server Location Problem . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES, ISBN 978-989-8565-40-2, pages 193-204. DOI: 10.5220/0004282501930204


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@conference{icores13,
author={Arnaud Malapert and Jean-Charles Régin and Jean Parpaillon},
title={The Package Server Location Problem},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,},
year={2013},
pages={193-204},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004282501930204},
isbn={978-989-8565-40-2},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,
TI - The Package Server Location Problem
SN - 978-989-8565-40-2
AU - Malapert A.
AU - Régin J.
AU - Parpaillon J.
PY - 2013
SP - 193
EP - 204
DO - 10.5220/0004282501930204