We present the design, implementation, and evaluation of B4, a private WAN connecting
Google's data centers across the planet. B4 has a number of unique characteristics: i) …

Recently, much attention has been devoted to the question of whether/when traditional
network protocol design, which relies on the application of algorithmic insights by human …

Different from traditional IP networks, named data networking (NDN) based on the named
content can realize fast content retrieval and delivery. As one of the most important …

Emerging applications and operational scenarios raise strict requirements for long-distance
data transmission, driving network operators to design wide area networks from a new …

Random-key genetic algorithms were introduced by Bean (ORSA J. Comput. 6: 154–160,
1994) for solving sequencing problems in combinatorial optimization. Since then, they have …

The growing network density and unprecedented increase in network traffic, caused by the
massively expanding number of connected devices and online services, require intelligent …

Delineating the tremendous growth in this area, the Handbook of Approximation Algorithms
and Metaheuristics covers fundamental, theoretical topics as well as advanced, practical …

Greedy randomized adaptive search procedures, or GRASP, were introduced by T. Feo and
M. Resende in 1989 as a probabilistic heuristic for solving hard set covering problems. Soon …

A system of techniques is presented for optimizing open shortest path first (OSPF) or
intermediate system-intermediate system (IS-IS) weights for intradomain routing in a …

Traffic engineering involves adapting the routing of traffic to network conditions, with the joint
goals of good user performance and efficient use of network resources. We describe an …