multi-criteria shortest path problems (mspp) are called as np-hard. for mspps, a unique solution for optimizing all the criteria simultaneously will rarely exist in reality. algorithmic and approximation schemes are available to solve these problems; however, the complexity of these approaches often prohibits their implementation on real-world applications. this paper describes the development ...

Multi-criteria shortest path problems (MSPP) are called as NP-Hard. For MSPPs, a unique solution for optimizing all the criteria simultaneously will rarely exist in reality. Algorithmic and approximation schemes are available to solve these problems; however, the complexity of these approaches often prohibits their implementation on real-world applications. This paper describes the development ...

This chapter addresses the introduction of a Multi-service Provisioning Platform (MSPP) into the transmission segment of the communication network. The first company to do so was Cerent Corporation. Although it was initially introduced in the United States in 1998, acceptance was rapid, and MSPPs found there way into the balance of the world market shortly thereafter. MSPP innovation enabled bo...

This study focuses on the possible relationship between ice water path (IWP) retrievals using high-frequency channels (89 and 150 GHZ) from: Advanced Microwave Sensor Unit B and Moisture Humidity Sounder sensors (NOAA 16-19) and the life cycle stage of convective clouds. In the first part of this study, the relationship between IWP and the cloud area expansion rate is analyzed using the 235 K i...

This paper outlines the features and service benefits of integrated CWDM and OEO metro transport architectures. Following an overview of the xWDM product and network evolution and the ITU-T G.695 standard for CWDM architectures, examples of OEO transport platforms such as Multi-Service Provisioning Platforms (MSPPs) and Regenerative CWDM (R-CWDM) transport platforms are presented. The need for ...

Clouds play an important role in regulating atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics by redistributing momentum, thermal and moisture through mixing, latent heat release, and microphysical processes. However, conventional observational data for such important parameters are usually not available. An operational cloud verification system is being developed at the Joint Center for Satellite Data A...

A mixing rule for the mixtures of hard-spheres is presented which can be reduced to the standard van der Waals mixing rule at low densities. The effectiveness of the mixing rule for the size and energy parameters of lennard-Jones fluid are examined by combining them with an equation of state to calculate thermodynamic properties. The results of calculation are compared with the molecular dy...

a mixing rule for the mixtures of hard-spheres is presented which can be reduced to the standard van der waals mixing rule at low densities. the effectiveness of the mixing rule for the size and energy parameters of lennard-jones fluid are examined by combining them with an equation of state to calculate thermodynamic properties. the results of calculation are compared with the molecular dynami...