This article describes an approach to building and using a Network Ontology (NO) for network planning projects with particular focus on real-life enterprise networks. In addition to the ontology, we have developed a Network Markup Language (NML) based on the ontology that can be used to describe real life networks. We have also developed network patterns that capture the most common and best pr...

in recent years, significant research efforts have been devoted to the optimal planning of power systems. substation expansion planning (sep) as a sub-system of power system planning consists of finding the most economical solution with the optimal location and size of future substations and/or feeders to meet the future demand. the large number of design variables, and combination of discrete ...

Abstract: Bi-level programming, a tool for modeling decentralized decisions, consists of the objective(s) of the leader at its first level and that is of the follower at the second level. Three level programming results when second level is itself a bi-level programming. By extending this idea it is possible to define multi-level programs with any number of levels. Supply chain planning problem...

This is the second part of a two-part survey investigating transportation network postdisaster planning and management. The first part focused on efforts and models for the estimation and assessment of post-disaster network performance (PDNP). This paper addresses the problem of decision-making and planning of post-disaster network operations (Post-Disaster Network Operations Planning – PDNOP)....