Routing, Flow, and Capacity Design in Communication and Computer Networks

First Edition, By Michal Pioro and Deep Medhi

In network design, the gap between theory and practice is woefully broad. This book narrows it, comprehensively and critically examining current network design models and methods. You will learn where mathematical modeling and algorithmic optimization have been under-utilized. At the opposite extreme, you will learn where they tend to fail to contribute to the twin goals of network efficiency and costsavings. Most of all, you will learn precisely how to tailor theoretical models to make them as useful as possible in practice.

Throughout, the authors focus on the traffic demands encountered in the real world of network design. Their generic approach, however, allows problem formulations and solutions to be applied across the board to virtually any type of backbone communication or computer network. For beginners, this book is an excellent introduction. For seasoned professionals, it provides immediate solutions and a strong foundation for further advances in the use of mathematical modeling for network design.

Deep Medhi is Professor (and past Head) of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering (CSEE) Department, School of Computing and Engineering (SCE) at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He received the B.Sc.(Hons.) degree in Mathematics from Cotton College, Gauhati University, India, the M.S. degree in Mathematics from the University of Delhi, India, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1987 respectively. Prior to joining UMKC in 1989, he was a member of the technical staff in the traffic network routing and design department at the AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey from 1987 to 1989.

Michal Pióro heads the Department of Computer Networks and Switching at the Institute of Telecommunications at Warsaw University of Technology. He serves as professor there and also at the Department of Communication Systems at Lund University in Sweden.

Reported by Babul Gogoi