Node-Pair Encoding Genetic Programming for Optical Mesh Network Topology Design.

The article gives information about genetic programming for optical mesh network topology design. Mesh network topology design starts with a set of node locations and a traffic matrix, and determines which of the node pairs are to be directly connected by a link. The design is guided by an objective function, often costbased, which allows the fitness of candidate networks to be evaluated. In the more specific problem of the topology design of multi-wavelength all-optical transport networks, the nodes would be optical cross-connects, the links optical fibres, and the traffic static.