Video on demand (VoD) is a technology used to provide a number of programs to a number of users on request. In developing a VoD system, a fundamental problem is load balancing, which is further characterized by optimally placing videos to a number of predefined servers and routing the user program requests to available resources. In this paper, an exact solution algorithm is described to solve ...

A mobile Ad-hoc Network is a Wireless Communication Network. The Multipath routing Protocols establish multiple routes between source to destination. The multipath routing protocols establish multiple routes between nodes. The construction of multiple routes should be done with minimum overhead and bandwidth consumption. The Proactive and Reactive protocols are selected for survey due to edges ...

Genetic Zone Routing Protocol (GZRP) is a new hybrid routing protocol for MANETs which is an extension of ZRP by using Genetic Algorithm (GA). GZRP uses GA on IERP and BRP parts of ZRP to provide a limited set of alternative routes to the destination in order to load balance the network and robustness during node/link failure during the route discovery process. GZRP is studied for its performan...

This study deals with the formulation of an effective and efficient algorithm for load balancing in WDM networks. Here we develop a Load Balancing algorithm for IPlike Routing. The considered networks are based on a routing protocol where the next hop at a given node depends only on the destination of the communication. The aim of this work is to consider the applicability of this approach in t...

A shortest-route formulation of the mixed-model assembly line balancing problem is presented. Common tasks across models are assumed to exist and these tasks are performed in the same stations. The formulation is based on an algorithm which solves the single-model version of the problem. The mixed-model system is transformed into a singlemodel system with a combined precedence diagram. The mode...

This paper presents an efficient distributed search technique for unstructured P2P networks. The scheme employs Q-learning, power peers, specialized peers, load balancing, and mobile agents. Walkers are selected from neighbors as well as power peers. Each search process updates Q-values of nodes in different Q-tables. The mobile agent based load balancing scheme assists to route the queries to ...

We consider the autonomous system (AS) path prepending (ASPP) approach to perform load-balancing on inbound traffic for multihomed ASes. Although the ASPP approach has been practiced by many AS operators for a long time, it is surprising that there still lacks a systematic study of the approach and understanding of its effects and performance implications. The purpose of this paper is to provid...

This paper proposes a hierarchical approach to the routing issue in ATM-based broadband multi-service networks. We show how distributed Route Selection Algorithms embedded within network nodes may be managed by a TMN system, by virtue of a management service called Load Balancing, to increase their adaptivity to network wide conditions and therefore their effectiveness. The proposed management ...

In this paper we propose the application of Pareto ant colony optimization (PACO) in solving a bi-objective capacitated vehicle routing problem with route balancing (CVRPRB). The objectives of the problem are minimization of the tour length and balancing the routes. We propose PACO as our response to the deficiency of the Pareto-based local search (P-LS) approach which we also developed to solv...